I do not often talk about my favorite media (outside of books) but my wife and I enjoy watching the quirky British show Doctor Who. If you are not familiar with the program (and found this subject interesting) the show revolves a near immortal character known as the Doctor who travels through time and space,... Continue Reading →
Lenten Reflection 3
Scripture Hebrews 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it... Continue Reading →
Lenten Devotional: Week 2
Scripture Place these words I’m speaking on your heart and in your very being. Tie them on your hand as a sign. They should be on your forehead as a symbol. Teach them to your children, by talking about them when you are sitting around your house and when you are out and about, when... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: Devoted to Prayer
Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6 2 Keep on praying and guard your prayers with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray for us also. Pray that God would open a door for the word so we can preach the secret plan of Christ—which is why I’m in chains. 4 Pray that I might be able to make it as clear... Continue Reading →
Lord, Speak to Me!
I see this meme frequently and on one hand there is truth in it that Scripture is a record of humanity's interaction with God and within it we find the most accurate revelations of God's nature, character, and desires for the world. This after all is why we refer to Scripture as "canon" - the... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: Developing a Conscience
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 1Now concerning meat that has been sacrificed to a false god: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes people arrogant, but love builds people up. 2 If anyone thinks they know something, they don’t yet know as much as they should know. 3 But if someone loves God, then they are... Continue Reading →
Expecting Love
I attended a wedding two weeks ago and as the bride and groom exchanged their vows I had this thought and it has been churning in my head ever since. A core desire of every person is to experience love and yet it is the one desire that we cannot fill by our own efforts;... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: Jonah 3
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 1The Lord’s word came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and declare against it the proclamation that I am commanding you.” 3 And Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord’s word. (Now Nineveh was indeed an enormous city, a three days’... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: Jesus Calling
Scripture: John 1:43-51 43 The next day Jesus wanted to go into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law and the Prophets: Jesus, Joseph’s... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: the Star of Grace
Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the territory of Judea during the rule of King Herod, magi came from the east to Jerusalem. 2 They asked, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We’ve seen his star in the east, and we’ve come to honor him.” 3 When King Herod heard this,... Continue Reading →
Squinting in the Light 