Okay, so I love “Photo Friday.” Not only is it a fun way to review what pictures I have left out over the week, but it’s generally a lighter post. And, when there is so much heaviness that demands my attention as a commentator from day to day, lighter is a breath of fresh air.…
this is a hope story rooted in Jesus
Children are a non-stop party!
After all the excitement of Summer it’s kind of nice to experience an ordinary weekend. You know, the kind that involves men’s Bible-study Saturday morning, work in the garden for a few hours, a quiet evening at home, then Sunday morning church back to the regular schedule. But even “ordinary” turns out to be pretty…
“A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of…” – Jesus, John 10:10 Video: “Sloth, the 4th Deadly Sin,” picks up at around the 28-minute mark. – Rebekah Sloth is when you are blessed with…
being a Christian doesn't give us a free pass but instead means that we get to participate in God's initiatives of grace, and healing, and mercy, and restoration,
Read more Life is difficult, faith doesn’t change that, love wins anyway…
When I write about this good life and the way the Good News guides and transforms me, is the truth of it enough to move anyone? When I live, how I live, is there enough light in me - enough Gospel truth - that people are compelled to respond?
Our brokenness - as individuals and families and churches and institutions and nations - is spiritual, and it is relational, and it is redeemable. Life is something we must struggle with and we must struggle with it in community.
"Don't hold back!" my grandchildren are saying. "Don't hold back!" I was saying to the Tuckahoe Presbyterians. "Don't hold back! Jesus is reminding me, "live like you mean it."
What would you risk for Jesus? How abundantly do you want to live? Come on, what are you waiting for?
