The Ten: Honor Your Parents
There are few certainties in life. One certain fact is that we all have a mother and a father. After that, it gets messy. Sometimes the biological parents aren’t involved…
Year: 2021
It Fits
There’s an old turn of phrase to express something’s appropriateness. It goes something like this – That dress is becoming on you. The phrase may be awkward in our hearing,…
Ready to Play?
Last spring, I watched a soccer football game. The teams were not professional, Olympic, collegiate, or high schoolers but boy and girls on the field for the very first time.…
The Ten: Remember the Sabbath Day
The writer of Ecclesiastes’ wisdom declares, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NASB95) Interestingly, two of the…
Q and A: How Can I Stop Sinning?
One common question or prayer concern we receive concerns sin. Things like, how can I stop sinning or stop doing a particular sin? How can I lead a pure life…
Walking Through 2nd Peter – Peter’s list for Fruitfulness
The world is filled with lists. Collections of words to remind us what we need to pick up on our next shopping trip. Bullet points of an agenda or presentation.…
The Ten: Don’t Abuse God’s Name
Inside the offices of the largest companies are folks whose only job is to protect the reputation of the company’s name and trademarks. That name and those trademarks represent their…
More: Reconciliation and Forgiveness
Murder is final. Unlike other crimes, there is no possibility of restitution or restoration. Recently a young man walked into a church in Charleston South Carolina. A Bible Study was…
Grow Roots
We all experience seasons in our life walk. Times of joy, times of despair, times of success, times of failure, times of brilliance, times of foolishness, times of hope, times…
The Ten Commandments – Idols
One of the constant tensions in the human experience is between substance and symbolism. This may take many forms. Like how we dress. What car we drive. The symbols we…
Doors
Ever consider the wonder of a doorway? Or wonder about the unknown possibilities every time we walk through one? Most of the time, we may know what and who is…
Practically James – Practical Prayer
Perhaps you’ve seen those magic quadrant charts that seek to make the complex easier to understand. They typically identify four extremes and then plot points between them. One such chart…