Maybe you are working on new resolves to eat better and work out more in this new year. I know that I am. It’s interesting how such considerations are today fraught with all kinds of odd baggage. For many who don’t have a spiritual home, it can become an immortality project. The buzz of exercise […]
ARE PEOPLE WORTH IT?
Do you ever grow weary of human beings and feel like quitting? Let’s face it, we all do. Do you ever become sick of people and wonder if prickly others are worth it? It happens to everyone. As we head into the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, I wonder how he managed to keep […]
CHRISTMAS AFTERTHOUGHT: MAY GRACE ABOUND!
Last Sunday we heard a different twist on Christmas. We put aside “Christmas is all about giving to others…” for a few moments to realize that only God gives massively. Our giving, compared to the grace of God in Jesus, is paltry. We are actually mostly receivers. It is worth rehearsing this message because we […]
ENTERING A REALM OF MIRACLES
And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger…. In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around […]
Christmas Cold and X-Mas
It isn’t always warm for everyone around the holidays, and I’m not referring to colder temperatures. For some of us, the holidays may have an empty feeling – the departure of loved ones, past disappointments, stressful situations, and even more. It can make for a special kind of cold during the holidays. Christine and I […]
ARE YOU IN? CAN WE COUNT ON YOU?
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing. – Malachi 3:10 (NRSV) Newcomers to the […]