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  • Unfair

    Life is not fair. Thus goes the lament. Evil people prosper. There is no justice. That is the lament of those who tag it all with this question: "Why bother?" The psalmist cried this often-cried cry and then, "But when I thought how to understand this,it seemed to me a wearisome task,until I went into…

  • Sinking

    The authentic transparent life of a struggler who trusts in God. – Psalm 69

  • Good Fences, Good Neighbors, and Mending Walls

    In God’s new day, no one will have to protect his property, dignity, rights, or territory. God will take care of it all and it will be lovely.Until that day, we shall have some fences. Let us commit to understanding what we are fencing in and fencing out. Then, let us commit ourselves to good…

  • Blessed Are the Fine-Tuned

    The kingdom belongs to those who so closely identify with Jesus that they share his sufferings.  Fine-tuned people rejoice with gladness in a kingdom characterized by righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. As the tuning of a musical instrument is never once and for all, so we have embarked on a lifetime of…

  • The Futility of Molech Addiction

    God is not impressed with our religious overtures as long as our hearts are still serving the false gods of our own making, the gods of pleasure, materialism, lust, power, or whatever triggers the hormonal rushes in our brains.

  • The Genius of God and the Good of All

    The life of the Spirit is that joyfully generous sowing of seeds for eternal benefit as we sow them into the lives of others.

  • Declaration and Desperation

    Prayer requires belief, but in this case, belief is verified and amplified through prayer. After all, the man declares, in His prayer to Jesus, that he does indeed believe, but he doubts the power of his own, weak, feeble, capacity to believe. He is honest, but he is also desperate.

  • Compelling Love

    It is a rather broad statement that Paul makes. Love controls us because of what Jesus did for all people. As a result, we see people differently. All forms of prejudice, bigotry, and bias are obsolete. No criteria by which we ever judged our neighbor is relevant. There are no categories of nationality, ethnicity, or…

  • What Do You Want? What Do You Really Want?

    What do you want? What do any of us want? Common wisdom suggests that the flesh drives our wants and desires. Paul counters that the flesh prevents us from doing what we most deeply desire. Only the Spirit releases us to pursue the fulfillment that comes through the practice of love, joy, peace, and so…

  • The Vision of Transfiguration

    How could it be that one, illuminated in glory and endorsed by God, the Father, could be delivered to the hands of conniving men, beaten, scorned, falsely accused, and murdered?