God’s timing is impeccable. Supernatural. Inexplicable. It can also be confusing. Frustrating. Disheartening. Why God why? When God when? Where are you Jesus? Why can’t I find you? My favorite biblical character is Joseph. Thrown in a well and then sold into slavery by jealous siblings, accused of dallying with the boss’s wife and …
Had dinner last night at an upscale restaurant complete with white linen table clothes, imported wines and a fairly skilled opera singer who sang “Happy Birthday” in Italian. The ambiance was inviting, food tasty, and our party of four in a celebratory mood. While enjoying the pleasantries, I noticed an attractive thirty-something couple who appeared …
Repent may be the most misunderstood word in the Bible today. Depending on your leanings, a plethora of emotions may surface when considering repentance. For many, the first thing that pops may be a fiery preacher wielding a Bible blasting warnings of the very thin eternal ice you are skating on. I don’t know about …
Community. Webster’s defines it as: a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Got it. But how many people constitute a community? More than ten? Less than a hundred? Does it really take a village to raise a child? What if the whole village sits …
Director Ron Howard’s A Beautiful Mind is the true story of MIT and Princeton Professor John Nash. A mathematical genius, Nash sees and hears people who aren’t there. Diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic in 1961, he is told in the film by physicians he will never be well. Nash’s response to his diagnosis? “As in …
For years, the Footprints in the Sand poem has perplexed me. Not that the sentiment isn’t lovely. It depicts Jesus as our strength when we are weak, our voice when we can’t speak, the wind beneath our wings….etc., etc., etc. The reason I have never liked this poem is because I could never reconcile why …
