Love Doesn’t Keep Score
By Ben Hoerr When my wife Tina and I were first engaged, we continued the tradition of playing games that we’d enjoyed in our respective families while growing up. On…
I Am Nominal
One time in a church I was visiting I heard a sermon which burdened my soul, and not in a good way. Now, I’m fully in favor of being challenged…
Love Isn’t Looking for a Fight
This summer Betty and I took a vacation the Great Smoky National Park in eastern Tennessee. Part of the charm if this area is its wildlife, especially the bears. The…
Love Doesn’t Demand its Own Way
From the earliest days of childhood, we’ve expressed our demands. Whether through wordless cries or foot-stomping tantrums. We want what we want right now. Which makes our next “Love is”…
Love Doesn’t Force Itself on Others
Love is a force, no doubt about that. It has a powerful capacity to impact lives in deep and meaningful and unexpected ways. But love isn’t the only power leveraged…
The Frugality of God
Call this one of those “wait, what?!” moments. In John 6:1-14 is the familiar account of Jesus feeding the five thousand plus crowd with just a few barley loaves and…
Love is Not Jealous
Love is not Jealous. It was Shakespeare who turned jealousy into a “Green-eyed monster,” although he may have borrowed an idea from the ancient Greeks. Whatever its color, jealousy is…
Leaning on Grace
As I look at my personal arc of faith from youth to where I am today, there are some amazing changes. Even a few things I wish my older self…
Love Cares for Others
Love is kind (1 Corinthians 13:4). I got it. Easy. Can do! Or is it… We typically see kindness as our considerate moments. Those times when we hold the door…
Love is Patient
Love is patient. Talk about going for the gut on the first punch. Paul doesn’t start his “Love is” list with something easy like kindness or gentleness but with patience.…
Love Is…The Introduction
If you’ve attended a Christian wedding, there’s a good chance that you have heard all or parts of 1st Corinthians 13. These few and powerful verses on love are sandwiched…
Open My Eyes
There is a basic way of seeing things that I’m drawn to. Call it a perspective of grace. The beginnings of this perception was born in close relationships. Instead of…