Category Archives: Dear Ray

A letter on how a leader’s limitations can become inherited standards, and how shepherding can help others recognize and follow Christ within.

A personal letter on becoming quiet within our union with Christ and living from the divine life already ours. Prayer as communion, without making silence another spiritual achievement.

An overcomer is a person in whom Zoe—the life of God—is being lived. A letter on Christ as our source, abiding, and His corporate expression in the one new man.

How do we know we are living in Christ? A personal letter on peace arising from our present participation in His life, faith as Zoe functioning within us, and maturity as becoming at home in the vine while His life bears its fruit.

When we welcome someone into church life, are we receiving a person who belongs to Christ—or waiting for that person to become like us? A letter on culture, fellowship, and the freedom to belong.

Perhaps God sees the completed person while we live through the unfolding. A short letter on eternity, our unfinished lives, and the hope of becoming fully who we are in Christ.

One thought, one hope, one calling—to abide in Christ and allow Zoe full access. A reminder to my own heart to remain within the love of the Father and the Son.

I can write about abiding while relying on myself. A personal letter about misplaced attention and dependence—and Christ, whose life remains ours.

When distractions arise, we can gently turn our attention to Christ already within us. Our union remains; we are learning to live from His life.

Politics can draw us from abiding in Christ into the old creation’s urgent judgments. A letter about the vine, the wrong tree, and living in the new creation.