Tag: Jesus

What Is the Cost of Your Sacrifice?

Woke up this early Spring morning, thinking about sacrifice. By definition, sacrifice costs. Cost means suffering, a little or a lot. Suffering often comes with pain. It leaves wounds and scars us. Because sacrifice is costly, painful, and wounding, we…

Don’t Be Afraid of Terror

Sunday mornings are warm, sepia-toned memories. Our getting-ready-for-Sunday-School ritual ran like clock work with 7 kids spinning in their own orbit yet never getting in anyone’s way. Taking curlers out of my hair, I’d sit and listen to the Sunday…

A Time for Peace (Not Vengeance)

No more war, peace.

    The United States of America has long lingered at the cross roads of racial aggression. For centuries, Presidents, Congress, the Supreme Court, governors, mayors, judges, teachers, administrators, parents, pastors, and captains of industry have conspired to oppress and…

The Word for Today is #One

antique family Bible

The Bible has a lot to say about racism, slavery, and unfair treatment of immigrants. Oppression is so not Jesus, yet there are many willing to deny others the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness in the name of…

The Word for Today Is #Exasperate

"Woman on Fire" Photo by Vera Kratochvil.

Fathers are uniquely able to influence the lives of their children because they are close-by. According to what’s in his heart, a father wields good or evil influence over his children. Whether physically absent or emotionally distant, fathers maintain proximity to their children…

The Word for Today Is #Majesty

Sun shining above the clouds

In the 90s I traveled to Washington, DC to have dinner with President Bush. While standing in line to sign in at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, there was a flurry of activity as King Juan Carlos of Spain arrived. When…

The Word for Today is #Second

Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.

The “Second Coming, and the Rapture” have mystified people since the dawn of Christianity. Non-believers wrestle with the very idea of sin being something bad at all, much less eternally damning. Because our God is holy, sin is a very…

The Word for Today Is #With

Multicolored puzzle

  With is a word of association. It implies belonging. Like a rope, “with” ties people together for good or evil. In the hours before Jesus was crucified, the Apostle Peter felt threatened by a girl who told the crowd that…