Tag Archives: personal comments
Jesus is Leaving Us?
But I tell you that I am going to do what is best for you. That is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you. John 16:7, CEV Someone is thinking. Jesus has an awareness [...]
Avoiding the Word
I must confess, I am often reluctant to read the Bible. There is a ton of what I think are reasons (we must create reasons for this negligence, don’t we?) I find that the Word is minimized, deflected, ignored, reduced and avoided. Because I went to Bible college, been in full time ministry and preached [...]
Go Lower Yet: Becoming the Servant
“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.” John 13:14 Some Christians reading this part of scripture, have concluded that foot washing should be part of the Churches customary routine. Their case is compelling, and they may be right in their interpretation. There is as [...]
Making Our Way Home
The Lord Jesus has decided to build his kingdom with the broken things of this earth. As men, we are pretty much convinced that we are to build with the strong, the talented, the personable and the winsome. We insist on building with decidedly unbroken people. But God’s true kingdom (not the one we know [...]
Making Stripes
I was watching the crew painting stripes in a parking lot. They were methodical and aware, I suppose. I suppose I wondered how they do what they do. I’ve been curious to understand exactly how they can get such straight lines. Perhaps you have seen them. They are as straight as you can get. As [...]
She Makes the Difference
Thank You, Sweetheart! 9“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If they fall down, they can help each other up. But pity those who fall and have no one to help them up! 11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But [...]
Going Crossless
Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Matt. 10:38 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Matt. 16:24 We can so easily process our faith to something respectable and somewhat [...]
Control the Brightness?
I have come to a place that much of what I have learned is wrong. It is humbling to think that I knew so much, and aggressively propagated what I knew. I am embarrassed by so much. A room can be lighted in different ways. A contractor determines what kind of illumination will be required, and [...]
The Scream
You’re probably familiar with Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream– yesterday it sold at auction for 120 million dollars. It is a profound painting, but do you know its inspiration? From the venerable Wikipedia, a quote from Munch’s own diary, written January 22, 1892: “I was walking along a path with two friends—the sun was setting—suddenly the [...]