August 15, 2019 Intimacy With Our Creator? Really? Intimacy is a buzz word these days. It has also become synonymous with sexual intimacy. That is not the direction I intend to go…
March 5, 2020 Do Intimacy and Transcendence Co-exist? Intimacy and transcendence sound like opposites, and they are in most instances. In our relationship with our Creator, however, they become a perfectly balanced…
September 29, 2022 We Are Not Going Back We are not going back to the garden of Eden. The Word of God makes that really clear. People were banned from the garden in Genesis…
May 19, 2022 “Ya Can’t Get Theyah From Heyah” “Ya can’t get theyah from heyah,” probably won’t make much sense unless you know New England well. It is a phrase that Mainers are…
October 28, 2021 Laughter: Snicker, Giggle, Guffaw, and More Laughter has many advantages. It releases stress; improves our immune system; can be good exercise; improves blood pressure; and levels out hormones. It also…
August 12, 2021 Love Is. . . Love is a word we use freely, but often we mean different things. Part of that is because there are different kinds of love….
Andrea Van Boven is a cross cultural missionary, historian, prayer consultant, and blogger. Recently she added author to the list. A Little Drop of Love:…
October 31, 2019 Abba…or…Father? Several years ago I meet a person who called Jesus his brother. That made me nervous. A few years later I meet someone who…
May 2, 2019 Teach Me, Lead Me On a Level Path By this time in his life David had lived long enough to experience the goodness of God in many difficult situations. He cultivated an intimacy with his Maker that assured him:
February 2, 2018 What Do You Expect? “Expect it to be different from whatever you expect it to be.” That quote is one of the sagest pieces of advice I was…