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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

2020

  • 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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