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…
Category: Encouragment
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…
Persecuted: For Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus declares in the final beatitude – “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:10, NASB95) The…
They Shall Be Called Sons of God
Peacemaking is a costly business. While peacekeeping is the art of appeasement; giving in to simply calm the waters, or the art of the bully; forcing peace through strength. Peacemaking…
They Shall Experience God
Have you noticed that there is a new food recall every couple of months? One item is recalled because of minute metal shavings that may have landed in the box.…
They Shall Receive Mercy
There is a delicious paradox in Jesus’ fifth beatitude – “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” (Matthew 5:7, NASB95) Unlike the other beatitudes, this one as…