Every once in a while, I will hear that someone has been inducted into this hall of fame or that hall of fame. Maybe the Country Music or Rock-and-roll Hall of Fame, and I think “Seriously, what took them so long?” I would have assumed that they would have been there long ago. But then…
A Step of Obedience
Choosing between a good decision and a bad decision is usually pretty simple. It’s not always easy, but It’s usually simple. The choice is usual clear. Good. Bad. But what about when you think you are making a good decision and you’re asked to do something different? Not something bad, just something different, perhaps something…
Step out . . . In Faith
He was their entire life. And they were incredibly thankful. They knew people who had never been able to have children, and even those they only had one, he meant the world to them. It wasn’t that they couldn’t conceive, that they were able to do, but some cruel twist of fate made his…
Step out With Abraham
When Michelangelo was 72 years old he started work on the monumental dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. When Galileo was 74 he published his dialogue concerning two new sciences. When Stradivarius was in his early 90s he fashioned two of his most famous violins. When P.T Barnum was 71 he joined James Bailey to form…
The Kingdom is . . . Like Junk and Gems
I have a confession to make and I hope you don’t think less of me after I’m done; That’s right, I love country music. And while I enjoy many of the new artists, my preference is listening to the outlaws from the seventies. Artists like Willie and Waylon and Merle Haggard, I even love listening…
The Kingdom is. . .Like Wheat and Weeds
It seems like 2020 has lifted worry and fear to a whole new level. Things that we never needed to worry about before March are the forefront of our thoughts today. Rates of infection, death rates, will a vaccine be discovered? Will the vaccine be safe? Does my mask match my suit? Oh, to have…
The Kingdom is . . . Like a Fishing Net
Most of us know the words. We can recite them without thinking and often have. You know it as the Lord’s prayer and it was read for us earlier. When the passage was read earlier it was read from the New Living Translation, but that isn’t how we know the Lord’s prayer. There are several…
The Kingdom is Like. . . Workers in a Field
Have you ever had to work with someone who just doesn’t get it? Whatever it is? Maybe you’re trying to explain how a particular program works, or perhaps you’re trying to get them to understand the ethos of your company. Why and how you do what you do. But you have to keep coming back…
The Kingdom of God is. . . Like a Pearl
It was a collision of sorts. A Collison of Kingdoms. Pilate who was the most powerful man in the country stood in judgment of Jesus, the most powerful being in the universe. Jesus has been arrested and brought to Pilate by the religious authorities. The charges were blasphemy and treason. And for whatever reason, Pilate…
Damascus Road Experience
Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future. Those words were penned over a hundred years ago by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde but they could very well have been written about a young man named Saul who came to a pivotal point in his life where he would have to choose to…