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Lift HIgh the Cross

Lift High the Cross of Sin and Shame We Bear I had a long ride today to deliver a Titus 2 student’s children back to their grandparents. On the way over the kids and she and I talked about “nicknames” we’d had and how they came to be, as well...
Caribbean Pines

Caribbean Pines

  In one lesson with students we talk about “oaks” and “cedars”….in this arboreal lesson, Joni Eareckson Tada talks about a persevering evergreen – the Caribbean pines…… “Consider it pure joy, my brothers,...

By My Hand

The tragedy this week of a forgotten infant’s death in a hot car in our community grieves us all. I cannot imagine the pain this family, their friends, and others close to them must be experiencing.   To lose a child by any means, at any age is grievous, but to have...

A “Theology of Weakness” ……

I teach a lot about brokenness, the role of suffering, the human condition, helplessness, etc.  In working with women seeking addiction recovery and homeless families, that is a lot of what I see.  Helping them find hope again can be challenging.  There is no better...

Lessons from pearls….

One of the issues we revisit regularly in Depression Impact Group is the matter of suffering- why it is present, how we face it, consecrating it to God for His redemptive work through it, etc. Recently, I was struck with the fact that, in the New Jerusalem, the...