More: Love
In the previous six articles, we have examined Jesus’ “you have heard it said, but I say” declarations. Each clarified or corrected some point of Law or common understanding. In…
Author: Dale Heinold
A Tattooed Heart
I’m an artist whether you like it or not. My brushes are needles and my canvas is skin. You can call me Red or don’t call me anything at all,…
More: Joy
I’m conflicted over a recent event. A few days ago a pastor shot a robber who had broken into the church and collected some laptops. What happened is a…
More: Integrity
Do you mean it? Do you really mean it? We use many different methods to get across the simple idea that we mean what we say and that our promises…
More: Contentment, Commitment, Christlikeness
Picture a man and woman dancing like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers in those old movies. The man is snappily dressed in a tuxedo; every button polished, every hair in…
Dirty Windows
Ever notice that a window can look perfectly clean until the sun shines in? I’m looking out a window now. I would give it high marks for cleanliness. It doesn’t…
More: Humility
One kind of gaffe is when a politician says something truthful, often off the cuff or unforced, that hurts their cause or takes them off message. One such gaffe is…
More! – Possible Impossibilities
The Olympic motto is three Latin words: Citius – Altius – Fortius. In English, they mean faster, higher, stronger. According to the International Olympic Committee’s website, they are not just…
Being Salt in a World that Wants Sugar
I have a question for which I don’t have the answer. A few days ago American Christianity entered a new chapter. The previous chapter in history ended with the…
The Set of Our Sails
A few weeks ago I was reading a biography about the Wright Brothers. One of the chapters contained these closing lines of a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox… One ship…
A Tree is Know by Its Fruit
A few years ago I cut down one of my apple trees. For the first couple of years after we moved to our place in the country that tree…
Pray, Pray Again, Pray Some More
Sometimes we treat prayer like the little boy or girl that disbelieves in Santa Claus after he fails to deliver their wishes. We’ll earnestly pray to God but give up…