Posts from January 2017

I would like to borrow from Tennyson’s poem Ulysses. This will be brief and I think there is a tremendous value here: I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ Gleams that untravell’d world whose margin fades For ever and forever when I move. How dull…

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5:7‬) Karl Barth wrote, “rightly understood there are no Christians, there is only the opportunity to become a Christian”. There is much to discuss here of which I am not capable. But I think the idea should influence our…

“Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between you and me.”” (Genesis 16:5 NKJV) Never doubt that the Bible is full of drama and intrigue. Here is the story in Genesis Chapter 16: the Lord has told Abram that he will bear more descendants…

Consider something with me for a second. To what extent do you dislike being labeled and defined in negative terms? Lazy, stubborn, dumb, or mean as examples. Now consider the inverse, to what extent to you enjoy and seek to be labeled in positive terms? Hardworking, reasonable, smart, or kind as examples. It is an interesting exercise and I think most of us should…