My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Unshockable
One of the things my pastor says often is that he wants us to be an unshockable people, where we come together and love each other despite all the muck…
Your goal ought to be to lose an argument
One’s goal in every disagreement ought to be to lose. Losing is better than winning an argument. When you win you don’t grow. When you lose you grow and gain…
Luke 1 -Zechariah and Elizabeth
Luke opens up his gospel describing Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth. His descriptions are enveloped with Old Testament imagery. Like Abram and Sarai, they were both advanced in years and…
Continuum
We often think in continuums and God, He is often not even on the continuum. For He is completely other. He is Holy.
Cultural Norms
A theme of the scripture is that “everyman did what was right in his own eyes” and this was the promise of the serpent in the garden of Eden –…
The Comfort of facing the devastation of sin
If we fail to make sin devastating in order to sooth someone’s ego, we fail to comfort the soul. For when we flatter and pamper, we give a sense of…
Christianity is not exclusive
“And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as…
Answering your own questions
One of the things that frustrates me, is watching a video, or seeing a post where someone is asked a question, but instead of answering it, they argue for their…
The Groom
I have picked up an odd habit, or maybe not so odd, I do not know. At weddings, the music plays its interlude, and the doors are opened, and the…
The doors are shut
God does not say that we are worthy. God says that we are loved, cherished. The doors are open and he calls us to come to him, all who are…
