Insights and meditations for the thoughtful Christian life.
When I was studying for my MBA, I read an article that said presenters have to say something seven times before their audience hears them. What they really meant is that you have to say something (presumably to a prospective client) seven…
These days, you don’t hear much about people being devoted to one another. Devotion requires love, which is often in short supply, in part because faith has fallen to the wayside. The word for today is #devoted: Be devoted to…
In the Bible, family and neighbors are a big deal. Nowadays, neighborliness is a casualty of urbanization, economic isolation, and generalized ennui. Before I moved back to my childhood home, I hadn’t known neighbor in 15 years, and even then the “knowing”…
People make the mistake of thinking that Christianity is a narrow, uptight, lifestyle. The deeper I move into authentic Christianity, the more I can say that is not the case. Believers are free to do many things, but we are…
I come from a family of hot-headed individuals. I remember my Dad, (who was known for his lively personality and short temper), stirring a pot of his famously delicious gumbo saying “Patience is a virtue…Patience is a virtue.” Unlike my…
Just as there are many different types of fruit bearing trees, there are many different kinds of wisdom. Wisdom is peculiar to the arena and spirit it addresses: There is a wisdom for how to steal, kill, lie, make war,…
Some people hold back on doing good for God’s people because they think they won’t be rewarded. No doubt, some Christians are downright mean and ungrateful, but we must remember to help others within the household of faith because the Lord has promised He…
The Lord God is mighty. He is strong above all, yet as C S Lewis says, He cares about “all the littles of our little world.” He not only cares about us; He’s happy about us. So happy is He,…
Your eyes are the windows to your soul. It is a primary filter for your ability to identify beauty. Our eyes also help us to discern safely vs. danger, and love vs. hate. The trouble comes when we rely too…
There’s a saying that “everybody has a price,” and I guess for the most part, this is true. But the price of a good woman, wife, mother, sister, aunt, cousin, teacher, friend, or neighbor isn’t about the price of selling…
