God is Hiding in Plain Sight In The Fiddler in the Subway, Gene Weingarten recounts the story of Joshua Bell, a celebrated violinist who traded the grandeur of sold-out concert halls for the humdrum of a Washington, D.C. subway station. … Continue reading →
As a boy, I used to make fishing sinkers from lead-head nails that I melted using my father’s kerosene blow torch. I loved watching the surface start to soften then melt into a liquid pool of metal. When that had … Continue reading →
I really wish I could write as well as John Pavlovitz, I mean it, I REALLY wish I could write with the passion that he pulls up in some of his posts. Some are rants, and some are gold. This … Continue reading →
One of the strengths of the traditional church is the adherence to the historic Church Calendar, which takes followers on an annual journey through the phases of Jesus’ live, starting at Advent and moving through to his ascension. This takes … Continue reading →
Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings offer insights into the artist’s beliefs, experiences, and perceptions of God and the world, but sometimes his paintings were just an outpouring of joy. That appears to the be case with some of his paintings of … Continue reading →
I have been following Skye Jethani’s devotionals this week as he looks at the women mentioned in Matthew’s genealogy. He has some good comments, so I’ll paste them here as they appeared in his blog. “Although modern Christians often think … Continue reading →
The theme for the second week of Advent is Peace. “At the River Clarion” by Mary Oliver I don’t know who God is exactly. But I’ll tell you this. I was sitting in the river named Clarion, on a water … Continue reading →
The first week of Advent had hope as its central theme. The commonly held belief is that Jesus came to die a substitutionary death for our sins and rise again to break the power of death. If that was the … Continue reading →
I cannot think how many times I’ve heard the phrase “Original Sin” with reference to our “fallen nature” or our struggle with Sin in our lives. It is foundational in the minds of most Christians, but is it a good … Continue reading →
Today’s Lectio 365 daily devotional used the text from Matthew 6:25-27 to reflect on God’s goodness and provision. It struck me that Jesus knew our propensity to worry and become absorbed in negative possibilities, which easily cripple our ability to … Continue reading →