I’ve found a very difficult example found in scripture to follow is “Be Still”. First, I visualize a monk sitting with his legs crossed and emptying his mind of thought chatter so he can hear something meaningful in the silence. Personally, I find being mentally still impossible! If I’m awake, there are many thoughts bouncing…
Month: May 2023
The Waitress at IHOP
Years ago I came home from work exhausted and just didn’t feel like putting anything together for dinner for Caleb and I (mom was out of town). I ask him if he wanted to go back to town and grab a bite to eat. We decided on I-HOP because we both love to have breakfast…
The Thief on the Cross
How you ever considered how the thief on the cross could fit into any main-line church theology today? The odds of him ever claiming salvation certainly would have been stacked against him. He never experienced baptism. He never experienced communion. He was never confirmed. He never experienced speaking in tongues. He couldn’t even fold…
The Tale of Two Seas – Life and Death From the Same Source
How many times have we gone to the back of our bibles and stared at the maps trying to imagine the bible stories playing out on them? I love to use them to get an idea of just how far it was when a story speaks of someone going from one place to another. Perhaps…
The Sailboat Race Dream
Have you ever woke up from a dream and for a short time your consciously still there somewhat, yet you’re aware of your surroundings realizing you’re awake as well? It’s an awesome place to be when the dream was really meaningful and a time that you do what you can to savor those fleeting moments…
Stand Firm – No Compromise – Set Apart
Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) 1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is…
Speaking Beyond the Person to the Source
Do you have someone that you’re often around who has the uncanny ability to push your buttons? You know the buttons I’m referring to, the ones that create emotional responses in you that instantly steal the peace and calm you’re currently enjoying. This person seems to possess the uncanny skill of finding the perfect words…
Pure Gold Covered in Mud
Years ago, I read a brief article called “The Story of the Golden Buddha”. While reading, I noticed a beautiful analogy within that speaks to many of our lives today. Over three hundred years ago, the Burmese army planned an attack to invade Siam. The most amazing Buddha statue of the time was in the…
Rejoice in the Lord Always
Philippians 4:4 (NASB 2020) – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! I wonder how many times we’ve remembered that famous Bible verse, probably said it out loud as encouragement to another, not fully grasping the “backstory” of its origin. Paul is bound in a Roman prison with Silas. You can bet…
Pick Up Your Mat
Jesus and his disciples were entering Jerusalem and had just reached the pool of Bethesda, a commonplace where afflicted and ill gather and lay under the five covered porches. There, with an expectation that when the pool bubbles, the first to enter the pool could receive their healing. BTW, someone, please help me better understand…