He knocked on the door wondering how he’d be received when the door was opened. His name was Onesimus and he was a slave who had run away and was now returning, returning to what he wasn’t sure. We don’t know a whole lot about what happened between the time Onesimus had escaped from slavery…
What me worry?
It was 2:17 in the morning when it happened. I woke up. But more than that, I woke up and it was pouring out, and my first thought was a question. Did I put the roof up on my car when I came home? The obvious answer was, yes. I have been driving convertibles since…
What’s Special about Scripture
There is normally a sense of urgency to people’s last words. Last week as we finished up our Down the Road Series I mentioned that the last letter of Paul’s that we have a copy of is 2 Timothy, and the scholars tell us that it may have been written just weeks before Paul’s execution. …
Best of intentions, but. . .
I was at the beach, but I had no intention of getting wet.Last week Angela and I decided that a picnic with the grand kids would be fun while the weather was still warm so we arranged to meet our daughter and her family at the lake. My plan was to read and watch them…
Down the Road, Paul and the End
A hanging always attracts a crowd. And I would suspect that a stoning was no different. That’s where our journey began back in June when we discovered Saul of Tarsus witnessing the brutal execution of one of the leaders of the early church. A man named Stephen. We don’t know that Saul actually threw any…
It’s Just Ten Bucks
Lou Gehrig ’s disease, that’s what we called it when I was growing up. I’m sure that some folks actually referred to it as ALS but I was an adult before it was anything but Lou Gehrig ’s disease to me. I was just a kid when I saw the movie “Pride of the Yankees”…
Down the Road, Paul and the Storm
Have you ever been in a really great storm? I mean a doozy of a storm? Do you remember when Juan swept through in September 03? I woke up in the middle of the night when the power went out, it actually flickered and the printer cycled on and off and woke me up. I…
Behind My Self
I was walking down the hall at the hospital the other day when I suddenly realized that I was following myself. And I was intrigued. I have been beside myself on different occasions but I had never been behind myself. Now understand, I wasn’t actually following myself, but it seemed that way. The guy I…
Down the Road, Paul and Agrippa
You eat what you kill! That was what I was told when I started selling for Saint John Toyota in 1985. Angela and I had spent most of the previous year in upstate New York on staff at a Wesleyan church and that didn’t work out the way we anticipated and so we had returned…
Why?
How do you react in the face of tragedy when life doesn’t seem fair? The folks on Grand Manan Island have had more than their share of tragedy over the past couple of months. Since June there have been six tragic deaths on the island. Now I understand that most deaths are tragic for someone,…