" Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I could find no one." – Psalm 69:22  I serve a God manifest in a man …A man… Continue reading

Some years ago, pastor, researcher, and author, Ed Stetzer dedicated a day on his blog and social media feeds to answer "stupid questions," STUPID Questions After you ever asked or been asked a stupid question? That posting prompted me to… Continue reading

Water Walking in the Wee Hours of the Morning In the Fourth Watch of the Night – That is when it happened, perhaps at about 3:00 A.M.. It is that unique time when the extreme night owls are thinking of… Continue reading

This is the story of the relentless love of God. Judgment is not the flip side of this. It is included in it – not as a paradox, but as an exclamation mark …. Continue reading

That is incarnation and it calls for identification with all suffering and allows for no comfort zone with which to label oneself. Continue reading

God help us to disturb the city. Continue reading

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash When people ask me how I get certain things done, the response is often, "I work them into the cracks of my life between major commitments. Ironically, the things we do in those squeeze times are not always the… Continue reading

Good ideas are worth remembering and writing down. So are not-so-good ideas. They can be sorted out later or even trigger good ideas. Continue reading

  Pieter de Grebber ca. 1600 – 1653 He really loved his power and authority and thought a great deal of himself.Herod was a character. He shared a name with others who were addicted to power, position, and wealth. Though… Continue reading