I was talking to someone about a situation involving great evil to an innocent and all the sorrow it has caused. How sad that it is continuing to play out in heartbreak and with potentially dire consequences to many. The person said that this Psalm had come to mind in...
I have been reading “Jesus and the Land: The New Testament Challenge to Holy Land Theology ” by Gary Burge. I have to take it in small bites and read it side by side with Scripture. The notion of “the land” as more than geography has been one...
A heretical bishop in the United Methodist Church had written that this story, told in Matthew 15:21-28 and in Mark 7:24-30, is an example of Jesus’ bigotry and misogyny, that he would ignore a Gentile woman’s pleading for help. But as I wrote then, after...
This little piece of wood with a cross and two sheep brings to mind a biblical image of one’s soul being ‘cast down’. Although it looks like the one little sheep closest to the cross on its back may be playfully rolling around, it is actually...
This meme spotted on Facebook is a poignant reminder of those days 20+ years ago when we moved our son (at The Citadel) and our daughter (at Birmingham-Southern College) into their dorm rooms to start college. I didn’t cry when we left Billy in Charleston. I was...
Another laundry day activity was ironing. My mother would starch the shirts of my Daddy and brothers and some other items, roll them up and put them in a basket in the bottom of the refrigerator until she had time to iron them. Sometimes I would iron them, especially...
Saturday I saw sheets hanging in the sunshine on a privacy fence. It reminded me of all the times I pinned laundry on a clothesline and took it off to fold, placing the wooden clothes pins in the large pocket of the apron that accompanied the task. These were the...
As some have discovered: “The Lord loves each of us JUST THE WAY WE ARE. And he loves us so much that he will not leave us that way….” His love changes our hearts, our very nature and eventually also changes our habits. The Unraveling ...
I find it ironic that Facebook regularly sends me messages on the Titus 2 or the Christians Growing Christians notifications page that “you haven’t posted in a while” and inviting me to post and boost posts by paying for reach. Yet, I know quite well...
This summer I have experimented with a new concept at Titus 2 – a weekend intensive in individual recovery counseling. A young woman from out of town with some life recovery needs was referred to me by a mutual friend. She is employed and attending school, caring for...
