Changing of the Guard
Twilight Zone turned 50 years old last week. I happened to see an episode they had on to celebrate. It was one I had never seen in all the reruns …
Faith Workings
Odd
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd. (Flannery O’Connor) Ever thought about oddness as a witnessing technique? There are times when we succeed at living …
Hypocrisy? I don’t think so.
Sometimes we must speak the truth even if we aren’t sure we believe it and aren’t at all sure we can live it. Sometimes we embrace what we know without …
Living weightlessly
Jesus invites us to live weightlessly—to walk on water!—by holding his hand. (Jane Rubietta) This was the third Sunday I have gone to church and had to leave because of …
Michael Jackson
I watched a lot of the coverage since he died. It’s all so sad. An abused child became an abused adult. In trying to lose himself, he destroyed a handsome …
A surprising thought
“what once started out as a broken chair in a heap of junk became a treasured possession of mine. Sure, it took a lot of work. But the work …
God smiles
I’ve been thinking about how we develop our self-image. For children, adult faces are their mirror. More than a piece of glass does, it tells them who they are and …
Made in the likeness of God
Part of being made in the image of God is freedom—the freedom to make choices. Everything I do involves choices. I may not be aware of them, but they’re there. …
A well-kept heart
I’ve been reading Renovation of the Heart In Daily Practice (Dallas Willard). Today he talked about The Heart of Me. He said that there are six basic aspects to a …
Cowboy ethics
I’m almost always in the mood for a western. Not the new icky Lonesome Dove kind. I like the old white hat/John Wayne kind. Where good guys stand up for …