In a world of statistics and calculations, reports and diagnosis; science has made its way into every stream or label today. We have integrated mathmatics and probability, intellect and conclusions into virtually every catagory of our belief systems; and that includes Christianity. Yet, what if God still moves in a way that defies odds? What if […]
He sat in silence, away from the crowd. Small, tiny, almost completely unannounced. A world’s hustle and bustle around. They missed the humblest born. The crowd moved en mass. Leaving the town from the holy event. Noise, sacrifices, children like a caravan. Yet, a boy wasn’t with them. Instead, He was found in His Father’s house. […]
Paint covers the flat, white sheet. Big strokes, small strokes, detailed dashes with red, blue, and green…He focuses, intent… Head down, eyes fixed on the paper before him. Like Piccasso, He taps into something divine and creates a masterpiece that’s all along, his alone to define. His parent enters. She points to his creation. The little […]
We all want to fit in a box…if we are honest, if we search our hearts and even science that says, social norms are what society loves to mold themselves into. But this gospel, this Jesus-loving, radically-changing, people-caring life will be out of the box, if we live it right. I see my old picket fence. […]
Oh friends, this weekend was a reminder that our day is turning clearer, yet our doctrine, more muddied. I wail inward at the deceived, at the reminders that love reigns, but love without truth is poisonous, ugly. Parents, won’t we teach our children the ways they should go, so when they are older, a toxic culture […]
Oh God, that you might be the light, and I just be in your shadow. So much of my life, I have tried climbing my own way out of a pit; fought, clawed, thought just being “good” would bring me any number of desired responses. But God, you showed me, all my righteousness is like filthy […]