I’ve observed something interesting in Scripture….God’s penchant for balancing events in the Old Testament with others in the New Testament…..Like the idolatry of the Hebrews worshipping the golden calf in the desert while Moses was on Mt....
This morning I asked a young lady riding with me to church to write something down. She didn’t want to because she said her handwriting was so poor. She talked about her grandmother’s beautiful handwriting and the fact that her grandmother even knew shorthand, which...
As a child I was fond of reading biographies of the famous and not-so-famous. It’s a commendable practice for young people today. Here’s one worth the read. From The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust: http://www.crowthertrust.org/welles-story/...
(From a Sermon at Carillon Beach Chapel- 9-4-16 by Cathy Byrd) Olympic Medals in Faith’s Race 1 Corinthians 3:10-15. The Apostle Paul, writing to the Corinthian Christians and to us: “By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder,...
I was listening to Mark Pollock on TED talk (he is blind and paralyzed), talking about realism and hope. He shared the story of POWs in Vietnam, relating that it was the realists who were able to persevere and who eventually came home. The optimists kept setting...
There was a time I was a quibbler….I quibbled about perceived contradictions in Scripture. I quibbled over words…..and over tones and implications that I could have little way of discerning from words alone. I pecked away at the texts to try to figure...
Every person has a “measure of faith”. Faith is a human capacity to believe in something, anything. It is the object of one’s faith, the thing(s) in which one believes that define and mold one’s faith. We are all “people of faith” in something. Some objects of faith...
Adam Grant: “Generosity isn’t saying yes to every request. It’s helping when you can make a unique contribution.” “Generosity isn’t sacrificing yourself for others. It’s helping when it won’t exhaust you—and when it...
I had a conversation with a lady this week about seeking God’s will in exploring her own Christian service endeavors and was reminded of Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love...
“Falling and getting back up because The Lord chastens after one of his is one thing but spiritual posing is another.” This is an interesting comment this week by a person who is doing some deep work in spiritual journeying. It points to an understanding...
