A simple phrase can impart a whole gamut of emotions if shared with those who understand. If I simply say the phrase, “We’re gonna need a bigger boat,” I conjure up a plethora of emotions in those who have seen the movie Jaws. A looming crisis, danger, fear, lack, the permission to try crazy solutions… […]
We are having two bathrooms overhauled at our house right now. What was 1.5 baths will soon become 2 baths. This will be a fabulous, daily quality-of-life improvement. It will be. It will be. My new mantra. Thank You, Lord, for what it will be. These improvements are turning into a pretty big project with […]
I’ve been wronged in my life. You have, too. Most all of us have at one point or another. Someone has said something untrue which caused us grief. Assumptions have led to broken relationships. Many of us know the truth of the old saw, “No good deed goes unpunished.” The disheartening thing is that its […]
Last Sunday, we read about James and John, the “Sons of Thunder” who were two of Jesus’ disciples. Immediately after Jesus predicts His own betrayal, torture and death (for the third time), these two come to ask Jesus to grant them power. “Let us sit at your right and left hands when you begin the […]
Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake […]