…for I seek not what is yours, but you. – 2 Corinthians 12:4 Within all of us there are built-in time capsules that ring loud, silent alarms to remind us that it is time to get out of bed, time to eat, or that the sermon has gone on too long. One of my inner [...]
“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” (John 3:17) “And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and people loved darkness rather than light…” (John 3:20) The Season of Lent provides us [...]
But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid it. – Matthew 25:18 I saw Lucy the other day. She was still alone. Perhaps she’ll always be that way. By now she has become so empty, so depleted of life that there’s hardly anything of her left to [...]
As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. – Colossians 3:13 I talked with Dad yesterday. It surprises me that we’ve finally become good friends. I didn’t always think that would happen. He’s older now, wiser…and so am I. Wisdom came on him quickly it seemed. In the two years that I [...]
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. – 2 Peter 3:18 Mattie and I sat out front and talked, she in her well worn rocker and I below her on the front stoop. Inside, seventeen high school students scurried around the house, each working on a project he [...]
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run, and not be weary, they shall walk, and not faint. – Isaiah 40:31 I was in my third year of driving to Bethel Christian Church. It was a small country church of down [...]
I approached our church building a couple of mornings ago and noticed a visitor I had never seen before. Perched on top of our cross that crowns the roof our sanctuary was a buzzard. It was a cloudy, gloomy morning and our visitor helped to set the mood for one of the early days in [...]