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  • Dog Whistles

    I’ve spent no small amount of time pondering this. How is it that people I respect, people of integrity, and people I presume to be intelligent, believe a lie. In fact, one lie leads to another and trust is developed… Continue reading

  • Let It Roll Down

    When do justice and righteousness roll down like streams of refreshing water? “But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.” – Amos 5:24 It is as if Amos were here with us today. His words… Continue reading

  • Resolve

    Care to Lead a Blameless Life I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.  –New International Version Psalm 101:2 Here is… Continue reading

  • Money Makes What Go Around?

    Contentment is not contained in wealth. You can be content whether you are wealthy or poor. Contentment is an attitude, choice, and way of thinking. We gain it in the pursuit of values that transcend wealth You have a relationship… Continue reading

  • Throw out the Idols

    In a World of Manure, You Might as Well Make Fertilizer Setting the Agenda: Reflections on Jeremiah 10:1–16 Part of the problem we have is an agenda — who sets the agenda, and how we live with the agenda we’ve chosen. I think… Continue reading

  • Checklists on the Path of Acting the Way We Ought

    I have two thoughts on behavioral checklists. One is about how central they were to the Wesleyan revival and the Holy Club at Oxford. The list was long and the accountability strong and it resulted in Methodism. The other was… Continue reading

  • Eye-Opening Is Dangerous

    “One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.” — Exodus 2:11 It was a day of awakening for Moses. It… Continue reading

  • Four Precious Girls

    I am consumed by this tonight and often, Our legacy is what it is. It never benefits us or anyone else to forget it or sweep it under the rug. There were four precious little girls who came to church… Continue reading

  • So, You Think This Is Hot?

    So, You Think This Is Hot! But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,… Continue reading

  • Snakes and Stakes – Look and Live

    Are you afraid of snakes? Beware; there are snakes in this story. There is also a fair share of discouragement, bad attitudes, and poor behavior. There is also a salvation story, and a snake is involved in that too. Some… Continue reading