Walking with God, Digesting Scripture and Pointing Others to Grow Deeper in their Faith
Oh how my heart longs for justice! Justice for my family, my friends, my neighbors and even those I only hear or read about. Sometimes it seems as if injustice wins more frequently than justice. Not everything is made right in the here and now. When water gushes forth down from the mountains from heave... Continue Reading →
Grief and sorrow might be one of the most difficult things we deal with. We all experience grief and loss at some point in our lives. Our brains try to make sense of it all but honestly most of it won't ever make sense. Sometimes we aren't grieving over the loss of a person but... Continue Reading →
"What you make fun of in other people will happen to your baby," she said. If you make fun of a person with a disability, she says your baby will come out that way. This is the culture way up in the mountains of Guatemala where people still live on dirt floors and have thatched... Continue Reading →
Sometimes all I need to do is ask. God lies in waiting for us to connect to Him. His leadership is like no other! He leads in gentleness, not through force. And when we respond to His leadership He even walks with us! There is no better leader! Nobody else is more worthy of our... Continue Reading →
We reap what we sow. I generally think about this in terms of consequences but in context this passage refers to money. If we are stingy what we reap is stingy. If we are generous what we reap is generous. God loves a cheerful giver. Many times I've experienced cheerful givers in church life. Some... Continue Reading →
Old is worn out, less functional, irrelevant and gone. When someone gives their life to God all is made new. Everything changes. Nothing is the same. We are mutants, humankind inhabited by the Divine, never again to be as we were before: separated from God. People call all of mankind God's children. Not so! All... Continue Reading →
The kings, the magi, the wise men find Jesus and their response is to fall down and worship him. The had just visited King Herod but there's no mention that they bowed down to worship Herod. Herod was a man in a powerful position. He feels threatened by this word that Jesus is born. So... Continue Reading →
No matter how bad things get there's always hope, but the enemy is quite skilled in convincing us otherwise. It's so easy to become depressed especially around the holidays. The holiday seasons somehow remind us of what we lack: a mother, a significant other, financial prosperity, children, etc... this list is never ending and can... Continue Reading →
There are countless artistic expressions of Jesus and what he might have looked like. As a white person I grew up looking at pictures of a white Jesus. I never even thought a thing about this until I became an adult. I guess we all think Jesus is like us when really we should be... Continue Reading →
