When I complain about small and inconsequential obstacles, I am reminded of Joni Eareckson Tada, confined to a wheelchair since her teen years, a quadriplegic, and yet she perseveres in kingdom work. I want to spend my last ounce of energy on the last quarter mile,...
You will recognize this quote, though you may not recognize the one who spoke the words. The Rev. Martin Niemoller was one of the heroes that stood against the terrors of Nazi Germany. Because his sermons contained sharp criticism of Nazi paganism, he was sent to a...
6/25/17…. on Pentecost still Psalm 104:4 You make Your messengers like the winds; the breeze whispers Your words, Your servants are like the fire and flame. Hebrews 1:7 Concerning them, God said, I make My heavenly messengers like the winds, and My servants like...
This picture, Jesus Calms the Storm, has hung in our home for 25 years, since the season of a fierce storm that blew from the four corners of the earth and would have destroyed my mind, my family, even my life but for the presence of Jesus with us in the boat. There...
My “coming of age” was the 60s and 70s… feminism, ERA, first generation college in my family, women’s liberation, Vietnam protests, “hippie” cool culture. I have borne children twice-1973 and 1975. With the first, at 18, I believed...
From 2014: As I was cleaning out some files today, I came across this that I had gotten during a Bible study at some point: Inductive Bible Study Questions 1. What is the “Big Idea” (are there commands, promises, information about God’s character,...
There are days when I stir from sleep and there is a scripture verse reference clearly “imprinted” in my mind’s eye. I can see the nudge to look it up. This morning was such a day. The verse was Luke 4:22. I could not in any form or fashion tell...
We can quibble about the finer micro and macro details of soteriology, but as I believe John Wesley would affirm sbout salvation, “You either Are and you know it OR you Aren’t and you know it OR you Aren’t and you need to be sure you do know...
What is the difference between potential energy and energy? The difference between capacity and power? When Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” they had the capacity, the potential restored to them permanently that they had...
From E.Stanley Jones’ “In Christ.” (With some insertion of my SELF-talk as I read!) “…..we must explore what we mean by “Christ.” I came near saying “we must define,” but to define is to confine, and when we are dealing with the Eternal...
