Now that I have your attention, here are a couple of reflections. "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all… Continue reading

Quench not the Spirit. – 1 Thessalonians 5:19 I learned, years ago, on a visit to Yosemite, that not all fires in the forest are bad. In fact, they are regularly needed to prevent catastrophic fires and promote new tree… Continue reading

Have you ever received a portion of "what is it?" Blessings sometimes come packaged it it.It is your meat. "You asked for it. You got it."Now, eat. It is a blessing. It won't be any good tomorrow morning.It is your… Continue reading

  The church that aspires to being coddled by the world, that whines for preferred status, that complains in the wilderness that it only has manna, and that expects great privilege has, perhaps, not read Peter's epistle enough or Jesus'… Continue reading

    Thursday, May 2, 2018 is the National Day of Prayer. This year's theme is unity. Ephesians 4:3  is the theme verse:  "Making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." While I… Continue reading

  Picture the upper room and the somber mood of twelve friends hearing the ominous words from their Master that He will soon die and that they will soon fail Him. “Not I,” protests Peter. “You will,” declares Jesus, “But… Continue reading

  Our generation has venerated slander and consecrated verbal abuse. We feel fully justified to speak ill of our neighbors as long as we perceive them to be ideological enemies. We have the audacity to think that when our words… Continue reading

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Impacting the world by taking a chariot ride … Rembrandt, The Baptism of the Eunuch, c. 1626. “And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,… Continue reading

Psalm 22:24 – For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. The God we praise is a God of… Continue reading