Presby-Musings

Winning does not tempt that man.  This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively,  by greater and greater beings.  - Rainer Maria Rilke A friend recently shared with me that she couldn't wait until a certain day in September to arrive because she had marked that day as the beginning of many of the trials and tribulations she and her family had faced over the last year.   To reach that date, she believed, would mean that a year of hard things had come to an end, and she could begin looking forward to a new year with new possibilities.  That made perfect sense to me.  I have my own milestone date in mind as well.   I was listening to a song by singer/songwriter Ryan O'Neal the other day, and these lyrics touched me deeply:   God, it has been quite a year- I've lived a little bit and I've died a little more. I know that I've asked it before, But please let the scale tip here in my favor. I always feel a bit guil...

I have a confession I'd like to make in today's Daily Devo: I have a hard time asking for help.   At some point in my life I fully embraced the old adage that "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself."   Recently, I've been spending a lot of time studying the Enneagram--a system of understanding the human psyche that can be traced back to the 4th century.   I'm a "3" in the Enneagram, which means that my resistance to asking for help is pretty high.   The truth is, in the case of Enneagram "3s" that old adage should  be " If you want something done the way that you want it done , you will most likely do it yourself, especially  if you don't want to appear like you're not capable . " When it comes to matters of faith, however, what is true for the "3" is also true for so many of us.   We have been told that in order to be a Jesus-follower we need to "get right with God,...