Reflecting the Image began as a simple daily practice of opening Scripture, listening for God’s voice, and writing what I was learning. Over the years that simple discipline grew into more than two thousand reflections.
After a season of silence, the Lord gently called me back. A friend simply said, “I miss reading your posts.” It was enough to remind me that God’s Word still has more to teach me.
These reflections follow a simple pattern: Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer (SOAP), inspired years ago by Wayne Cordeiro’s The Divine Mentor. They are not academic essays or finished sermons. They are the record of one disciple learning to listen to the voice of the Good Shepherd.
My prayer is that, as you read, you too will spend time with the only wise God and be transformed into the image of Christ.
Scripture: Matthew 18:1–5 1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a child, whom he put among them, 3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever becomes humble like this child…
Scripture: Psalm 119:97–99 97 Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long. 98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your decrees are my meditation. (NRSVUE) Observation: The psalmist is thinking about the law of God and how it…
Scripture: Exodus 16:31–36 31 The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, in order that they may see the food with which…
Daily reflections on Scripture, holiness, and becoming like Christ.
