podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1ebc61d0/finding-a-way-to-relate-no-46-acts Can you Relate? Sometimes you know you’re out of your league, so you keep your mouth shut. Sometimes.  Seems that I use that word a lot these days…sometimes. In 2015, I went to Harvard Law School for a week of mediation training - dispute resolution and negotiating. 1  There were about 45 of us in the class, (yes, taught by Harvard law professors), and probably 40 of us were atto

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2527eb91/with-knowledge-reason-and-enthusiasm-convincing-no-45-acts On the road again. 'Can't write those words without thinking of Willie Nelson. Ha, I went to see him in concert once in San Francisco, and he was so high, he forgot the words in the middle of his iconic song. Oh, well. Do you ever forget the words? Like, do you lose your way? The man, the apostle Paul, did not lose his way ... ever. Think of it, we left him

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1e2adc37/this-is-how-it-all-started It is so interesting to look back and see how Christianity took root, just what happened after Jesus ascended into Heaven those many years ago.  Think of it – when Jesus was arrested on that Thursday night in the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples ran for cover.  In fact, though Jesus had warned him ahead of time that he would do it, Peter denied him—three times in one night.  And as Jes

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1d577e45/you-want-to-hear-god-speak-to-you-here-it-is I think of the times I asked an audience, “If I told you that God would be speaking today at Noon at the train station downtown, how many of you would be there?”   Every hand in the room was in the air.   But, why? Maybe the question is elementary, Watson … but if you think you want to hear God’s voice, or you want to know that it was God who led you i n a dream or a vi

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/42ca3c4d/god-has-something-to-say-to-you I know you're busy and everything, Doctor, but he really does--  God really does want to talk to you. This is one of the things that sets Christianity apart from every other religion. Our God is alive, he is relational, and he wants to talk to us.                                                                              Not long ago we looked at Acts chapter 10, when God significa

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/abaf158b/what-are-you-longing-for Longings are often ascribed to schoolgirls, the heroines of love stories or weepy women. But if we are honest, we all have em.  Could it be that our longings come from God? I believe so. So did Clive Staples Lewis. “ If you find yourself with a desire that no experience in this world can satisfy, then the most probable explanation is that you were made for another world .”  C.S. Lewis.  Br

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/db04d147/i-wonder-if-this-is-even-possible-no-regrets I just had to put my foot in the rushing water of the Jordan River (in this spot), so I jumped a fence and, No regret! " Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards ." 1   Such a profound sentiment by Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, so few words; we really 'get it' when we look back, but sometimes living in the not-yet known leaves us uncert

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1ee8c99a/lord-bless-this-new-year-with-wisdom It is that day at my house, and I hate it. It is the day I 'take down Christmas' and begin the countdown until I can 'put it back up' again. Three Nativity sets - different one from another, located in different rooms... But truth be told, something is off about our Nativity Sets--what is in them and the way we set them up. While I usually have them a bit off to the side, the sh

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/23e4531a/the-first-day-of-a-new-year-what-an-opportunity The. New. Year has dawned! Upon awakening, I thought what I have thought since I was a child, 'What do I have to look forward to today?' And just as naturally, I answered myself: 'This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it!.' 1   A realization, a choice by intention. Some people make a big deal about going out on New Year's Eve or watching 't