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Wisbit Archive

I am pleased to offer the WisBits Archive. If you’ve missed one now and then, here’s the place to catch up. WisBits are  ideas and observations based usually on a passage of Scripture or a bit of wisdom someone has shared with me. If you wish to subscribe to WisBits and have them sent to you each month, click here

2025

  • Jan – Impression Management

2024

  • Dec – Money Bags? Really?
  • Nov – Simplicity of Speech
  • Sep – Abundant Simplicity
  • July – Making Space for God
  • June – Our God who Sees
  • May – The Mentor I Need

2023

  • Sep – Conversation as a Vehicle of Love

2022

  • Nov – What If I Don’t Feel God’s Presence?
  • Sep – Making Space for Real Change
  • Jul – Making Space for Real Change
  • Jun – Temptation Buster
  • May – Simplicity of Speech: My Story
  • Feb – Someone who NEVER stops praying for you
  • Jan – Desire to Desire

2021

  • Dec – Christmas: Up Close and Personal
  • Jun – No Justice without Love
  • Apr – What We’re Really Looking For
  • Mar – Jesus & the Third Option
  • Feb – A Conversational Life with God

2020

  • Dec – Joseph & Justice
  • Nov – Absurd Generosity
  • Sep – An MRI for the Soul
  • Sep – School of Kingdom Living
  • Jul – “Remembering” the World God So Loves
  • Jun – Replace Guilt with Desire
  • Apr – Contentment in the Pandemic
  • Mar – Only Half Alive?
  • Feb – Getting on the Same Page with God
  • Jan – Do It Anyway

2019

  • Dec – Baby Jesus–Extraordinary Strategist?!
  • Nov – Gratitude Lists that Aren’t Boring
  • Oct – Was Jesus Boring?
  • Sep – Is God Obligated to Love People?
  • Aug – Mass Shootings – What’s Missing?
  • Jul – Prayer: Small, Real Needs or High, Lofty Dreams?
  • May – Sin Is Hard, Doing the Right Thing is Easier
  • Mar – Change Is More CAUGHT than Taught
  • Feb – Did Jesus Like to Party?
  • Jan – Sink Your Teeth Into Life

2018

  • Sep – I Have Everything I Need???
  • May – Jesus Today
  • Mar – An Easter Mistake: Jesus Was NOT a Helpless Victim
  • Jan – God Is So Much Better Than You Think

2017

  • Dec – My Answer to Hurry
  • Nov – Nothing Is Too Ordinary for God
  • Aug – Where Are You Headed?
  • Jul – The Great Shift in my Life with God 
  • May – No More Crabby Jesus
  • Apr – What is a Spiritual Director?
  • Mar – Starved for Beauty
  • Feb – Freestyling the Lord’s Prayer
  • Jan – Reading the Bible in TECHNOCOLOR

2016

  • Dec – Waiting: An Adventure, Not a Waste of Time  634
  • Nov – Politics, But Not as Usual
  • Oct – 18 Inch Gap from Head to Heart: I Know but I Don’t Do
  • Sep – Kingdom Life Now: Generous and Unafraid
  • Aug – Is God Submissive to People?
  • Jul –  Bits of Forgiveness
  • Jun – Unseen Realities I Need to Remember
  • May – Sing to the Lord—Even Badly?
  • Apr –  A Technology Fast
  • Mar – Jesus & So-Called “Worldly” People
  • Feb – Three Buck Day
  • Jan – “Trust Me!”

2015

  • Dec – Hearing God through the Year
  • Nov – Honorary Sons and Daughters
  • Oct –  A Day of No Retort
  • Sep – Welcoming the Stranger
  • Aug – Welcoming the Person in Front of Me
  • Jul –  What About Those Drowning Egyptians?
  • Jun – Acceptance: Then What?
  • May – Accepting People As They Are
  • Apr – Small Things Keep Us from Being Practical Atheists
  • Mar – What About the Other Guy
  • Feb – Trust God & Do the Next Thing
  • Jan – Reflecting on Energy – and Lack of It!

2014

  • Dec – The Kind of Person You Can Talk to about Spiritual Things
  • Nov – How Did Mary Become So Adventurous?
  • Oct – Switching the Focus
  • Sep – Reprocessing Anger into Grace
  • Aug – Seeing Jesus
  • Jul – The With-God Life
  • Jun – Confessions of a Game-Changer
  • May – Quieting Our “Inner Committee”
  • Apr – Doing “Serious Nothing”
  • Mar – God’s Opinion of Me
  • Feb – Joyful Trust – Astounding Behavior
  • Jan – The Abundant Life of Simplicity
 

2013

  • Dec – Holy Space in Community
  • Nov – Simple But Powerful: Practicing God’s Presence
  • Oct – How do People Change?
  • Sep – Unoffendable – Like Teflon
  • Aug – Serenity, Courage and Wisdom
  • Jul – A Simpler Way to Live
  • Jun- Dog & Cat Theology
  • May – Stepping up to the Plate
  • Apr – Unscorched?
  • Mar – Grace That’s Hard to Swallow
  • Feb – Is Jesus an Exception?
  • Jan – Mission: Possible!
2012
  • Dec – This Present Moment
  • Nov – Buy Nothing Day
  • Oct – Raising our Standard of Loving
  • Sep – Returning to Joy?
  • Aug – Rowing or Sailing?
  • Jul – Try, Try Again?  No.
  • Jun – I Do Nothing on my Own
  • May – Drop or Ignore…Criticism?
  • Apr – Saturated in Serenity
  • Mar – Leisure: Why God Likes It
  • Feb – Perfect Combo of Love:Justice & Tenderness
  • Jan – Seeking the “Advantage” Doesn’t Work

2011

  • Dec – Christmas: The Lowliness of God
  • Nov – Loving People into Goodness
  • Oct – Impression Management vs. Authenticity
  • Sep – Un-Prayed For Answers
  • Aug – Relaxing into Another Reality
  • Jul – “Much More” God
  • Jun – Making Space for the Life We Really Want
  • May – Simplicity: Freedom from Self-Enslavement
  • Apr – Contract, or Shared Life?
  • Mar – Guilt Odyssey
  • Feb – Jesus Under Fire
  • Jan – Fully Functional?

2010

  • Dec – Stability of Heart vs “Just Getting Through”
  • Nov – The Presence of a Very Good Person
  • Oct – Companion-Not 911 Emergency Operator
  • Sep – Guilt Can Be a Temptation
  • Aug – Humility and Confidence
  • Jul – Pushing the River
  • Jun – No Longer Muddling
  • May – Wisdom
  • Apr – God and the Bad Guys
  • Mar – Not Getting What I Want Is OK
  • Feb – Charity and Respect for Everyone
  • Jan – Grateful for Enough

2009

  • Dec – Astonishingy Merciful
  • Nov – Only the Next Step
  • Oct – What Jesus Doesn’t Think
  • Sep – Personal Retreats
  • Aug – Confidence in Chaos
  • Jul – Exploring God’s Will
  • Jun – It’s Always about Relationship
  • May – Old Testament Treasures
  • Apr – Does Growth Always Require Suffering?
  • Mar – Dread
  • Feb – Surrendering My Crutch
  • Jan – Jesus, the Artist

2008

  • Dec – Compassion that Flows
  • Nov – Did Jesus Get Angry?
  • Oct – Speaking Truth With Love
  • Sep – Soul School: Invitation to the Jesus Life
  • Aug – Switch the Station
  • Jul – Bent Over How?
  • Jun – Can God Redeem Anything?
  • May – Getting “Fed” by God
  • Apr – Greatness Doesn’t Always Look Great
  • Mar – Power & Authority
  • Feb – Waking and Going-to-Sleep Pictures
  • Jan – The Underrated Virtue

2007

  • Dec – Is God Enough?
  • Nov – God Speaking To You
  • Oct – Your Future!
  • Sep – Praying in Jesus’ Name
  • Aug – Jesus Taking You Aside
  • Jul – Talking to your Soul
  • Jun – Patient and Compassionate Jesus
  • May – What God Says to You
  • Apr – Goofy Justice
  • Mar – Jesus Who Squats

2006

  • Aug – Walking Temples
  • Jul – What Community Is Not
  • Jun – Holy Space
  • May – Community: Two People Looking Forward
  • Apr – Jesus’ Eyes
  • Mar – Change The World
  • Feb – Are We There Yet?
  • Jan – Did Jesus Wink?

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