More than a few of us know that some of the coldest, darkest times of our lives have been spent under the lights of Christmas– surrounded by the warmth of others singing Joy to the world. Recalling those moments, we might wonder why the lights, sounds, and good will of the happiest time of the […]
Yesterday I posted a youtube.com video that is being passed around like a viral Christmas Card. The emotion many of us felt in watching it related not only to the transcending musical tribute to the King of kings, but to hearing and seeing its impact on the broader public for whom Christ died. As some […]
Someone passed along to me a brief video that brought tears to my eyes. So I quickly forwarded it on to some family and friends and then wanted to make sure that you see it– realizing that many of you may have already. The video reminded me of the difference between keeping the greatest news […]
A segment on NPR today calls attention to a stress reliever and health factor that is right under our nose. In a discussion about the potential effects of breathing on everything from digestion, heart, brain function, and our immune system, “Mladen Golubic, a physician in the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Integrative Medicine, says that breathing […]
In sports the goal is to win. And, as a number of you commented in the last post, competition shows up in every area of our lives– always raising questions of relationship and accomplishment. So what is the goal of the follower of Christ? I’ll give the answer I’ve been thinking about recently, and see […]
What do sports tell us about ourselves? Would we be as interested if the games we play ended without a winner, or without records of comparative accomplishment? There must be something about everything from board and card games to individual and team sports that awakens something in us that was created by God. But what […]
As the Gospel writer tells it, Jesus heads for Jerusalem by way of Samaria. When he enters an unnamed village, he is greeted by ten unnamed men who are afflicted with a loathsome physical disease and social curse (Luke 17:11-12). Standing far from the crowd that fears their disfiguring contagion, the ten call out to […]
Just a few quick observations after returning from attending the Evangelical Theological Society Conference in Atlanta: Among the many conversations, sessions and memories, I am left appreciating: The many levels at which gifted scholars are working to show the reliability of the Bible and the unparalleled supremacy of Christ. The overwhelming case that can be […]
So to try and net this out, how then do we think of the authority God gives us? Do we think of it first as a responsibility and service to God—and then to one another? Or do we view it as an entitlement to be served? Do we think of the authority God gives as […]
In my last post I asked whether it is possible to abuse power, strength, and freedom—but not authority. The question sounds ridiculous to those who know the misuse of power and authority when they see it. Yet, as our discussion showed, many of us know people who think they have the right to push others […]
