Author Archives: R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

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About R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

As I enter the third third of life, I am becoming aware of the role of elders today “to enlarge spiritual vision, being devoted to prayer, living in the face of death, as a living curriculum of the Christian life” (Dr. James M. Houston). I am a life long and life wide learner who seeks to: *decipher the enigma of our worth *rescue from the agony of prayerlessness *integrate spiritual friendship.

Prayer Utters Itself

Posted on April 16, 2025 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

To my knowledge, no one is so knowledgeable of prayer that he can be safely called an expert. Prayer is one of those elusive activities we may have started out with – as a kind of shared native language as … Continue reading →

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Wasting Time with God

Posted on January 3, 2025 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

In Henri Nouwen’s The Living Reminder: Service and Prayer in Memory of Jesus Christ, he writes: Prayer is not a way of being busy with God instead of with people. In fact, it unmasks the illusion of busy-ness, usefulness, and … Continue reading →

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Counting the Cost in Marriage

Posted on June 4, 2024 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

COUNTING THE COST: You count the cost in marriage. And you keep on counting. You count, And you count on and on. You count off all the expenses, all the losses, all the gains. It never adds up. The books … Continue reading →

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And He Rested on the Sabbath

Posted on March 29, 2024 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

This “Good Friday” I want to contemplate “Holy Saturday.” The Sabbath can be experienced  from Friday sundown to Saturday Sundown, for as Rabbi Abraham Heschel points out, the Sabbath is an architecture of time. In the Bible Project’s post on … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for a Fuller Understanding of Your Resurrection

Posted on February 9, 2024 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

The Apostle Paul’s declaration has always challenged and baffled me: I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings becoming like Him in His death. Philippians 3:10 The first part … Continue reading →

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When you become Wise

Posted on September 22, 2023 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

A person can grow old without really growing wise. Derek Kidner charitably writes, “While all go to God’s school, few learn wisdom there…” While we live in the days of the perpetually infantilizated in a culture of hyper-individualism, Nowlan is … Continue reading →

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Something to be said about Gratitude

Posted on September 8, 2023 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

There’s much to be said about a friend who dies, especially someone about whom it feels like they died ahead of their time. Today was such a day for my friend Nancy. One of her favourite hymns was Great is … Continue reading →

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