Most of us are familiar with the puffer fish. We’ve seen pictures of them in their bloated state where they look like they are auditioning for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Not surprisingly, balloon fish is another name for them). Blowing themselves up is a defensive response the fish make to any perceived danger—they quicklyContinue reading “Puffed Up and Proud”
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More Like Jesus
Devon Still and Lauren Hill met today. They’re both athletes—he is on the practice squad of the Cincinnati Bengals and she plays basketball for Mt. Saint Joseph University, also in Cincinnati. Okay, actually Lauren hopes to play for the Lady Lions. She’s a freshman and their basketball season hasn’t started yet. It’s not so muchContinue reading “More Like Jesus”
Making All Things New
The weather where we live has been pretty dreary the last couple of weeks. It’s rained almost every day but more than that, it’s been overcast with very little sunshine. I’m not normally a person who pays much attention to this kind of thing but it’s been a little hard not to notice. A portionContinue reading “Making All Things New”
Lotteries and Lousy Lords
There was a big celebration going on among the workers at a restaurant in New Jersey. Okay, make that a HUGE celebration. Forty-two employees had pooled their money together to purchase $210 worth of tickets in the Powerball lottery that had a jackpot of nearly $1 billion. A friend texted the winning numbers and theyContinue reading “Lotteries and Lousy Lords”
Lost and Found
I’m convinced that when we see God one day, we will be absolutely and utterly overwhelmed by His glory. It will be like nothing we have ever seen or imagined. There are plenty of texts that nudge us in this direction: Moses’ request to see God’s glory (Exodus 33), Isaiah’s vision of God in theContinue reading “Lost and Found”
Loaves and Fishes
We rightfully pay significant attention to what the biblical text says, but I wonder if there aren’t times when what is not said isn’t equally compelling (and perhaps intended by the writer to be that way). After all, there are times when what someone doesn’t say can be as important as what they do say.Continue reading “Loaves and Fishes”
Living With Open Hands
Christmas is going to be different for us this year—radically different. In the past year we lost Janice’s father and her mother is now in the memory care unit of a residential facility (she suffers from severe dementia). My mother also passed away. All of this means we won’t be making the trip to the Hendrixson’sContinue reading “Living With Open Hands”
Listening to God
How do you think God would do in a political debate? One take is that He would be awesome and dominating. Every time He would speak there would be thunder and lightning and no one would care what anyone else had to say. I have to admit, I can see that scenario playing out. ButContinue reading “Listening to God”
Jesus and Dead End Streets
So what do we gain from studying Ecclesiastes (a wisdom book which like Job, contains the good, bad and the ugly before things are reconciled at the end)? Maybe the place to start is to say that Ecclesiastes makes us think. Qoheleth (koh hel’ ith in the Hebrew and translated as “Teacher” or “Preacher”) doesContinue reading “Jesus and Dead End Streets”
It Feels True and Is True
We’ve all had that nightmare where we were in some terrible situation and couldn’t find our way out no matter how hard we tried. We woke up in a sweat with our heart pounding and then came to the relieved realization that it was only a bad dream. Still, it seemed so real. Sadly, manyContinue reading “It Feels True and Is True”
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