Joy. It’s a choice. It’s an action. It’s a manifestation. It’s an extension of Him living in us…and of Him reaching out to others. It’s our strength. It’s His kingdom, alive in us. John 16:24 “Until now you have asked for nothing...
OK, I’ll admit it up front: there’s a double entendre in Psalm 107:1-3, and I am suggesting using an interpretive road “less traveled” in medotating on these verses and the overall message of the Psalm. Psalm 107:2 begins with...
It’s a traditional, worn-out cliché that every young person ends up asking his peers and elders, at some point: So…which came first – the chicken or the egg? It was my turn to get that question from my twelve-year-old granddaughter. As I...
Jesus said on His way to Lazarus’ tomb, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.” (John 11:25-26,...
Yep….I’m still singing the melody, and doing the non-transactional-Christianity dance, encouraging as many partners as possible to join in with great joy. This time my dance – which is really His dance – starts in Psalm 8. “O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is...
I was stepping outside to walk our two dogs when I noticed the compact car parked alongside the curb, with four professionally dressed young people stepping out. The four gals broke into two pairs and started walking to houses,...
John writes in I John 2:15, “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (NASB) And yet we are called – even commanded –...
Jesus was delighted – no, joyful – to extend the Hand of the Father in touching, restoring, and transforming peoples’ lives. He shared with His disciples, “…truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He...
It’s only a suggestion, but I propose that “we,” – we who know Him, love Him, walk with Him, and proclaim Him – all get radical. Maybe even a little bit revolutionary over these last few weeks beforeDecember 25. I propose...
Would we have made Paul’s decision? Sometimes it’s easier to interpret events around us as pointing to “the end of the world” rather than asking how a situation maintains or furthers God’s never ending vision for “the redemption of the world…”...