As I spoke with him I could tell he was concerned about understanding scripture. There are thousands of interpretations of the bible. “How do we know what or who to believe?”Too be unsettled about God, faith, and scripture puts most people in a state of stress. Because we will never fully understand the bible, or…
In the movie Wonka’s mother had written: “It’s not the chocolate that matters. It’s who you share it with”. So it is, with the love of Christ. The point in the gospels is not that Jesus can work miracles. It is not for us to be astounded that Jesus can turn five loaves and two…
My heart weighs heavy. My emotions run high. Tears fill my eyes and pour down my cheeks. This question fills my mind… invades my heart. WHY DO WE HAVE ENEMIES? For many years I lived a life of judgement. Judging others based on lifestyles… As Christ has filled my heart to the brink, new insight…
Come with me… and you’ll be… in a world of pure love. If you want to see paradise simply look around and view it. If you want to change the world, there’s nothing to it. There is no life I know to compare with pure love. Living there you’ll be free, if you truly wish…
I woke early this morning, after Christmas, to look back! The presents are gone. The stockings are on the floor. Just like that, the day we look forward to all year long, is gone. Soon lights will come down and the songs, well they have already disappeared. As I sit and ponder this time of…
I thought I got it! Every Christmas, I look at and read about the nativity scene but the true deep reality of it never fully came clear. In that time a stable was simply a lien-to and perhaps the most disgusting structure in town. Under its’ roof the dirtiest place would have been the manger. …
His teaching was troublesome. As we observe so many nativity scenes they bring to mind the special nature of our Saviors birth. Each one made different but each one containing the same picture. His teaching was on the inaccuracy of the many nativities. Were the wisemen really there? Did they lay the gifts before the…
God I feel so lost. I come to you asking for help… asking for guidance. I’m not sure what to do. My future wife is pregnant, and it is not mine. How can I stay with her? She is disgraced among our people. How can I be expected to raise this baby, as if it…
We live in a country that is divided. Not since the civil war has there been so much division. The Christ I love is about unity. As we celebrate the coming of our Savior my thoughts turn to nothing but his arrival. The Christ that came to save us is about love. When Jesus came…
Grace! So misunderstood. So foreign by our standards. A gift that we cannot comprehended. No strings… no agenda… no effort to earn… simply free. Grace cannot be understood by any record of merits and demerits. It cannot be held to patterns of buying, losing, earning, achieving, or manipulating, which is where most of us live…