The Prodigal Father
Jesus’ parable in Luke 15:11-31 is known as The Parable of the Prodigal Son. But neither Jesus nor Luke gave us that title. A more appropriate title may be the…
Category: 2021
The Song That Never Ends
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” (Psalm 136:1, NIV) Sheri Lewis was a puppeteer/ventriloquist. Her best-known creation is a wooly-looking sock puppet called…
The Prodigal Brother
One of Jesus’ most well-known parables is that of the Prodigal Son. Countless sermons, works of art, novels, and movies have explored the beauty of that parable. The Prodigal Son…
Eight Years and Counting
This November, Lambchow marks eight years of ministry through writing, publishing, and emailing. In that first article, (In The Wilderness) I considered the plight of the crowd just before Jesus…
Start Here/Grow Here – The Real Harvest
We often measure ourselves and others by the wrong standard. Where I live, our corn grows tall. Often well over seven feet. That growth is a combination of good seed,…
Start Here/Grow Here – The Main Thing
It doesn’t take long to figure out that Christ-followers come in many different packages. It sometimes seems more like consumerism than spirituality as different groupings elevate their differences. Do you…
May Peace Be Here
Psalm 122 begins, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’ ” (Psalm 122:1, NASB95) But sadly, the emotions some feel…
Start Here/Grow Here – A Weedy Problem
All gardeners know the problem. They spend long hours getting the conditions right for their plants to thrive. They cultivate the soil, plant in the right season, see to the…
Start Here/Grow Here: Roots of Connection
One of the not-so-obvious insights from Jesus’ Parable of the sower is the need for good roots. In the parable, the seed thrown on rocky soil grew as quickly as…
Start Here/Grow Here – God Speaks
How do we know what God is like? Or what He wants from us? How does God speak to us at all? The answers to all those questions, and many…
Start Here/Grow Here – Talking With God
One way or another, our new life in Christ began with talking to God. Amazing on so many levels. Our journey with God begins simply: no valiant quests, no expensive…
Where You Look Matters
Recently, my oldest grandson mowed our yard. Now, that may not seem like a big thing. After all, Asher is twelve years old. But this wasn’t some easy-to-handle push mower.…