Providence That’s Painful
A really striking Scripture is Psalm 139:16. ”All our days were ordained and in his book they were all written.” That word “all” encompasses happy...
27
Jan
24
Jan
Heavenly Citizenship
Christians who think the most of the next world are usually those who are doing the most good in this present world. It is the person whose mind...
13
Jan
Effective Leadership
Christian leaders who rely on their natural abilities (like the gift of communicating or organizing); whatever… ‘natural’ born leaders, (people like me)...
6
Jan
Losing Your Life
When you get a vaccine, there’s something about it that’s counterintuitive; it goes against your intuition. Like… injecting a dead virus...
30
Dec
New Opportunities
The New Year spreads out before us like uncharted territory. That could make you nervous, but Joshua chapter 1 tells us to “be strong and courageous...
24
Dec
Christmas Eve
Imagine walking through your front door and inhaling the mouth-watering aroma of Christmas turkey roasting in the oven...
23
Dec
A Lesson From Mary
In the Christmas story in Luke chapter 2, just look at what Mary does. After the shepherds came racing to the stable, hands waving, all...
22
Dec
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Ask people just who baby Jesus is, and you'll be surprised at the answers you hear. What child is this? Well, think of the answers people in the Bible...
19
Dec
Be Holy
It was only our high school madrigal choir singing a Gregorian chant. But the beautiful, haunting discords and harmonies in the minor keys swelled my...
18
Dec
A Laughing Lord?
The Son of Man was completely and utterly human, which means of course that he experienced the entire range of human emotions—emotions untainted by sin...
