All men are created equal! Really? If we mean by this that all men will have equal rights and opportunity, then the statement is patently false in every country. There are the wealthy and the poor; you have bosses and employees; there are the powerful and the marginalized.
In the movie “Indian Jones and the Last Crusade” Indiana is searching for the holy grail; the cup that Jesus took up at the Last Supper. Drinking from this cup is said to heal all wounds and provide, if not eternal, then prolonged, life. I know that the physical cup can do nothing. It is… Read More ›
The other day, I watched the movie “Mommie Dearest” on TV. This movie claims to be an accurate account of the actress Joan Crawford. If the movie is accurate, Joan did not love well. She was completely self absorbed; everything orbited around her and her career. For reasons unknown she adopted a little girl named… Read More ›
Love has rules. It is something we can gage. We can look into the life of a person and say, “That person loves well,” or “That person flopped in love.” Love is not happenstance; a luck of the draw; a chance meeting in a crowded room. God loves you. He did not fall in love… Read More ›
I know that I have asked the question already in this series of articles, but sometimes repetition is necessary for our health, so here we go again; How do you view God? Is he like George Burns, a little old man smoking on a cigar and cracking jokes? Is he more like Morgan Freeman, a… Read More ›
What if someone showed up to their wedding all filthy and gross? Picture their clothes all muddy and tattered. Picture hair in disarray and unkempt. Picture grime caked in on skin, clothes, hair and teeth. What if this couple had nice clothes; what if they had a washing machine and a shower; what if they… Read More ›
What does leadership look like to you? Do you want someone who makes unilateral decisions for the whole group? I have never wanted to be that guy. Not in my family and not in my ministry. I kind of like it when I can defer to someone else; when I can say, “you need to… Read More ›
We tend to think that circumstances make us happy. And if that be the case then the only way we can be happy in God is if he breaks into our reality and shapes our circumstances into joyful occurrences. My brothers and sisters in Honduras will need to stop praying “Gracias del Senior” because they… Read More ›
Some think that Judas betrayed Jesus in an attempt to hurry him along; that he felt that Jesus was dawdling and going about the Messiah thing all wrong. So, he handed him over to his enemies in an attempt to force his hand; to make him rise up and be the Messiah Judah longed for…. Read More ›
Are you with me? If you are talking to a bunch of strangers, this may not be a significant question. I mean it may still be important. Say, if you are trying to rally the town’s people, in which you are the outsider, to help you stand against those bad guys. But it still cannot… Read More ›