I often laugh to myself when I read the words “suffer the little children” from the conversation between Jesus and His disciples in Mark 10. After teaching energetic 3rd graders for over 20 years I often feel that I’ve done my share of suffering. The word as used here however means “to allow”. Jesus said, [...]

You’ve probably heard the expression, “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” This isn’t actually in the Bible (feel free to check). However, it does offer something similar, in Colossians, where it says, Don’t handle, don’t eat, don’t touch. Many are the messages rooted in these verses, or their mentality. But on closer [...]

It seems to me to be a fact of life that when I want to do right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and makes me [...]

There is an artistic vein that runs through me. As I attempt to create a painting, a scrapbook page, a clay structure, a photograph, there are times I find myself wanting perfection. I want my creation, whatever it is at the moment, to be as good as it gets. Often I’m frustrated. When God created [...]

In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.  And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 2:21-22Ephesians 2:21-22English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV21 Christ is the one who holds the building together and [...]