Grace… Lessons from Ruth 27 Feb 201726 Feb 2017 The book of Ruth is a simple, beautiful, and poignant story of how a Moabite widow comes to be the grandmother of King David, and therefore a great grandmother of…
Faith… Uncomfortable Grace 21 Feb 2017 I have been learning that grace allows you to walk away from the things in our past that kept us from moving forward or in the right direction. But grace…
Grace No Longer…. 20 Feb 201719 Feb 2017 They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the…
Discipleship… Get Peace 10 Feb 2017 If you have been walking this earth for any length of time you have probably been learning that people sometimes to dumb things. The one thing people never need to…
A Tale of Three Women… Some thoughts to start the day. 6 Feb 2017 After taking a bit of an unscheduled break from posting this weekend so I could concentrate on giving some good pastoral and friendly love to some friends of mine, I…
Grace Grace is not to privately accept and enjoy, it is to be given 1 Feb 201731 Jan 2017 Grace is not only something we are supposed to receive from God, but a gift that is to be given to others. We are not to be a people who…
Grace Grace is supernatural 31 Jan 201730 Jan 2017 I don’t know about you, but I have been learning is that grace—real grace—is supernatural. Which is to say it is not natural. It is beyond our nature to give…
Grace Grace is necessary 29 Jan 201728 Jan 2017 A few years ago my daughter Maggie asked me if she could have an owl for a pet. "Owls don't make good pets Maggie," I said. "Yes they do," she…
Grace Dealing with Guilt 28 Jan 201727 Jan 2017 One of the hardest things to deal with is the shame we feel when we really blow it. David is a great example of what I am talking about. He…
God's Love… Bad Abe! Bad! Very bad!!! 18 Jan 201717 Jan 2017 Genesis 20 is a very interesting chapter. This morning I was struck by verse 20 as I was listening to Max McLean read it to me in the car. Basically Abraham decides…
