Christ Heart! – JoJo

As this week has brought continue conversation and reflection on the life of my dad it gives me pause.  Conversations have been about his integrity… his kind ways… and mostly about his love of Christ that shined in his daily life.  He made my people his people.  He made others feel important.  He lived in…

Her life seemed to be one tragedy after another.  As I listened to her story of abuse… of harm… of the attempt by her ex-husband to kill her… I thought of the goodness of our God.  I use to wonder how our God could allow so much suffering… so much pain.  If he is a…

As I stand beside the ocean in Chile I feel so incredibly small. Do you ever think that God made such grandeur in the oceans… the mountains… as a way to humble us? As a way to say don’t feel more important than you really are. We are to humble ourselves to each other. We…

The line from the movie was: “Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.”  As that hit me, my heart pondered, and the movie fell away.  When your faith becomes strong, you began to see Jesus in everyplace and everyone. During Jesus last moments, the lessons he gave us were some of the most important.  That is…

I have baptized many in my life.  When I baptized our son, at thirteen, I was told by the man directing baptism to make sure I got all of him under the water.  He then proceeded to tell me that if I didn’t, he wouldn’t be saved! YOUR JOKING! At thirteen I was baptized myself. …

A mystic, Caryll Houselander told the story of a train journey where Christ revealed himself to her in every person on the train. Those sitting, those standing, those passing by.  Upon exiting the train she saw the same in everyone on the street.  Scientist have discovered that even in what appears to be total darkness…