God saw everything he had made: it was supremely good. There was evening and there was morning: the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 Tuesday evening, after an amazingly delicious supper featuring the best sea-bass I have tasted in quite some time, I took Max Retriever for a relaxing walk in the waning light. There is something…
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.” – Matthew 6:28-29 Here in Wake Forest, this looks to be the breakthrough weekend for springtime color.…
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” – John 11:25-26 Traditionally, “Holy Saturday” is kind of a downer. Today is post-crucifixion, pre-resurrection. Rebekah and I try to keep things solemn, in…
Read more Because He Lives… how does the fact of resurrection impact your life?
The chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead. Pilate replied, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?” They shouted back, “Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done?” They shouted even louder, “Crucify him!” Pilate…
O the deep, deep love of JesusVast unmeasured, boundless, freeRolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over meUnderneath me, all around me, is the currentOf Thy loveLeading onward, leading homeward… (Trevor Francis, 1873) I have a couple of photographs to share this Sunday morning. I believe they are related. The first is a Facetime…
Read more my grandson Geoffrey, chili, and church (yes, they all go together)
So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived! – 2 Corinth 5:17 The photo is from Saturday morning. Today – so far – is foggy and damp. But something has shifted and leaves are beginning to…
an invitation to new life!
I love this combination of photographs. One end of the generational spectrum and the other. They are both wonderful images: Naomi grabbed the perfect Chamber of Commerce “isn’t Miami just the coolest place on earth?” picture of the children. Then I caught my parents in a light, loving moment on their deck here in…
Read more A few words for grandchild number four (love is first a choice and then a commitment)
were not imagined, purposed, and then created to live mundane, unimaginative, anxious lives.
Here it is, if you want to hear a short sampling of its sweet voice
