Derek Maul's Blog

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now. But when the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth].” – Jesus, John 16:12-13 Quite often, during the season of Lent, I find myself turning to John’s account of The Last Supper. These five […]

but those who hope in the Lord    will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles;    they will run and not grow weary,    they will walk and not be faint. – Isaiah 40:31 Good morning, friends. I am going to take a risk here and go public with a goal I have for myself. It’s a long story but […]

Why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat… And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand…. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in […]

I have a change in format today. Rather than sharing my usual long form essay, I have a handful of shorts: a collection of stories from the weekend. 1. POURING GASOLINE AND LIGHTING MATCHES: I have to admit it, I am seriously concerned regarding the current “gasoline and matches” approach to A) International stability, B) […]

See, I am doing a new thing!    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wilderness    and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)Sun-shiny day… – Johnny Nash Good morning, friends. Today is a beautiful, sunshiny, springlike morning that seems to be saying […]

How good and pleasant it is    when God’s people live together in unity! – Psalm 133 Friday evening our house passed its first serious test as Rebekah and I hosted a fellowship event that was attended by – best guess – upwards of sixty people! Even though our home is not that expansive, the flow allows for […]

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of [people] and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain This morning’s post comes to you from Košice, Slovakia, and […]

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. – Ecclesiastes 3:11 This is a post that may or may not interest anyone other than me! But I’m sharing because it grabbed at my heart a […]

“So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light,” – Romans 13:12 This week’s “Tuesday Morning with Paul” found our church men’s Bible Study reading Romans 13. It’s the chapter that often proves controversial when there is good reason to hold government to account. So we started out […]

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. – Romans 12:12-13 Overnight, in a nice break from the sometimes stressful rhythms of reality, we enjoyed a visit from our sister-in-law Lynda and her beautiful Welsh Springer Spaniel, Ellie. Max played the perfect host and seemed to […]