Last Thursday I read a devotional on the title of Lily of the Valley as it applies to Jesus. The vulnerability of this title stands out to me. The size of this flower makes it vulnerable to being trampled and ignored. How often do we do this to Christ? Still He is persistent in bringing…

Here is another post from my other blog on Sunday, September 11, 2005: This Sunday (September 11) we talked about the fourth of five stories Jesus told which illustrate how we should live our lives in light of the ever-present possibility that He could return at any time. You can read about it in Matthew…

Here is another post from my other blob on Sunday, September 04, 2005: On Friday, August 26, we discussed a story Jesus told about a wedding feast prepared by a king. It is found in Matt 22:1 – 14. In the story, the king has everything prepared to throw a wedding feast for his son.…

Here’s a post from my other blog on August 11, 2005:This Friday we discussed a story Jesus told of some laborers who worked for a man who owned a vineyard. Although different groups of workers started at different times throughout the day (one group working for only one hour), they were all given one day’s…

Here is another post from my other blog on August 3, 2005: This past Friday we discussed the story Jesus told of a servant who received a great amount of mercy from his king, but he could not find the same compassion in his heart to forgive a fellow servant of a much smaller debt.…

This is a post from my other blog from a discussion group we were a part of on June 11, 2005: Last night we continued our series of discussions on the illustrations and stories that Jesus used to explain to the people of His time what the leadership of God is like. Many of these…

I remembered this poem I wrote in my journal earlier this year and thought I’d post it. I wrote it in response the Jesus’ words that are found in Matthew 9:13 in the Bible. I thought of it again today because I was meditating on an account of the same story in Mark 2:17. A…

I’ve been thinking about these words that Jesus once asked a man who could not walk (John 5:6). It seemed the man had become accustomed to believing he would never be able to get to the cure for his ailment. All he could offer Jesus was excuses. Maybe I think of this phrase often when…

6 I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who in his love and mercy called you to share the eternal life he gives through Christ. You are already following a different way 7 that pretends to be the Good News but is not the Good News at all. You are…

At the meeting of our faith community (church) last Sunday night, we were discussing expectations. We’ve had some things happen that have fallen short of our expectations. In the USA church we tend to equated expectations, faith, and results. If we don’t see the results we expected, we can get very discouraged. Sometimes we just…