First love is, abandoning all for a love that abandons all. I heard this somewhere. It’s how we feel when we first fall in love. We can’t spend enough time with one another, hang on every word, believe it all . . . We can’t wait to introduce our new beau to everyone. We abandon all, until the excitement dims into the … [Read more...]
Kingdom vs World
The world I live in is not the world I’ve lived in . . . If I was Eve I couldn’t say I’ve lived long enough that once the world wasn’t such a bad place. Evil grew in the garden. And we hear, where is God in all this? To some, God is only real when we need Someone to blame. He’s real when we face a horrific incident and are … [Read more...]
Blind Faith Sees
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 Faith is anything but blind. It can see what the naked eye can’t. All of us will be touched by life events we have no control over. Things we have no power to fix, things that only faith can bring us through. Faith is like a … [Read more...]
Without a Prayer
Imagine life without prayer. A woman sits beside her dying daughter’s bedside. What can she do other than pray? She can’t put breath back within a fading body. She can’t hope for healing here or after. Only prayer. Another woman cumbered with despair from a broken marriage, a wayward son, a lost job. When someone carrying … [Read more...]
Last Words Not Final
The final words of Jesus were not His last. They were a new beginning. I hope to reflect on Holy Week differently than the fifty-one weeks cluttered with rush and stuff. I hope to keep it holy. Set apart. And so, reading in the gospels this morning, I imagine what it would be like to be a part of the crowd(s) during the … [Read more...]
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