Oh, my. It has been well over two months since I posted the last installment of thoughts on the 23rd Psalm for the Hurried Life. Time for confession. After posting regularly for a couple of months I fell silent. Not because I had nothing to say but because (wait for it...) I got too busy. …
If we ever needed to know how to overcome Hate, this is the time. Hate, as vile and reprehensible as it is, cannot be out-argued, out-protested, or shouted down. Only Love can overcome Hate. Only Love can overcome Hate -- but how? Love cannot prevail by hating Hate. To overcome Hate, Love must be, like …
We are invited to a feast; to be the Lord's guest of honor. Are we too busy to attend?
When your path takes you into the valleys of darkest shadows where danger and evil may lie in wait, what will you do?
Are we too busy for God or too busy because we don't seek God?
God is always interested and active in out lives. He wants us to know him and his good plans for us. We just need to learn to slow down and quite ourselves so that we can hear him.
If you are old enough, you might remember variety shows like the Ed Sullivan show. These shows featured singers, comics, dancers, and one my favorites: plate spinners. The plate spinner starts plates spinning, one after another, atop flexible rods. To keep each plate spinning he had to manipulate the rod before the plate slowed down …
Pentecost is this Sunday, June 4th, and I am feeling a need to write about why we should care about Pentecost. I need to be honest. I am a little intimidated to write about Pentecost. It's been written about many, many times by people much more clever and much more learned than I am. Do …
Not all vows stem from past emotional trauma, but for those that do it is important to seek healing from those wounds with caring and qualified assistance.
Have you ever made a vow? Most of us have. If you are married you made vows to God and to your spouse. If you have ever given legal testimony you made a vow to tell the truth. If you served in the military you made a vow to protect and defend the constitution. In …
