We comprehend more today than our ancestors could ever imagine, but it comes with the cost of a diminished ability to marvel, don't you think? We want to understand everything - and think we do, but in the process we lose our child-wonder. A divine birth is predicted thousands of years ahead of time, then announced by heavenly … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving (every) Day
The psalms are filled with praise and thanksgiving . . . and, also with despair. Psalm 118:1-29 is a prayer of thanksgiving for victory in David’s life. Much happened between the dash from the first to the twenty-ninth verse that aren’t situations for which we give thanks. It didn’t always look like victory. He didn’t … [Read more...]
Stone Free
First century people weren’t that different than any of us. They messed up. Except first century people were stoned if they messed up. What if that were true for us today? Think of the times we’re called to just be a nice guy and let it go. . . . but, what do we do when we can’t? What happens when we don't - because it's … [Read more...]
The Waiting Room
We’ve all been there . . . we’ve all been in some kind of waiting place. As I write, I’m sitting among the impatient, the hopeless, the worried, and those nervously chattering and pacing in order to do . . . something. I’m sitting in a waiting room. I’ve spent too much time in hospital waiting rooms due to health challenges … [Read more...]
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