John March

Category: Spiritual Pilgrimage

  • Making Decisions

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    Making big decisions has historically been a gut-wrenching experience for me. Instead of feeling liberated by the Christian truth that God promises to lead us, I feel burdened by it. The pressure of being certain about the will of God has weighed me down to the point of debilitation. The need to get it right…

  • Animals: Another Other to Love (Or, Why I’m a Vegetarian)

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    I’m a vegetarian. It’s sort of a new thing for me. I’ve abstained from meat since the beginning of February. It’s been surprisingly easy with the assortment of good vegetarian foods available, and my love affair with sweets. But a lot of people ask me why I’m a vegetarian, and so I thought I’d share…

  • ECC Assessment

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    Mary and I just returned from the Evangelical Covenant Church’s church planter assessment.  The assessment was held at a nearby Covenant church in Plymouth MN.  It started at noon this past Wednesday, May 28, and finished up at noon today May 31st.  There were 15 couples being assessed, and around 12 assessors. The assessors included…

  • It’s Worth It!

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    A common phrase, often used by youth to exert peer pressure, “It’s worth it,” rarely lives up to expectations. If my memory serves me right, more often than not, it wasn’t worth it. My capitulation to my friends pleas, usually led me into something that got me into trouble or just failed to live up…

  • I don’t care if it’s reasonable

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    I wonder how important reasons are? Let’s say I want to go and get ice cream. Mary might say, “John, I think you shouldn’t go and get ice cream because you’ve been complaning about your sympathy weight a lot recently. Eating ice won’t help you lose that excess weight.” This would be a good reason…

  • Sleep: good spiritual food

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    Last night I went to sleep at 7:34pm. And, apart from the occassional wakings for Josiah, I didn’t really wake up until 8:00am. I got a full 12 hours of sleep. While this kind of sleep pattern would certainly be considered indulgent if it were a regular occurrence, lastnight I welcomed it as an rejuvenating…

  • What’s God’s Will?

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    I’ve noticed that more and more regularly the word confused is coming up in my discussions with Mary and some other close friends. It seems to be where all my conversations and ponderings about my calling and future lead…confusion. I just don’t have a clear sense as to what I’m ‘supposed’ to be doing. I…