I’ve noticed that a large number of folks who hail as Christians feel woefully inadequate and ill-prepared to serve God. It doesn’t seem to matter if they are newbies or have multiple decades of being marked as a Christian under their belts. At least, it doesn’t seem to matter here in the U.S. I can […]
Dueling signs
Heading out of town yesterday morning I passed two signs heralding Father’s Day. One was in front of a church. It said: “Sermon: A Special Father’s Day.” The other was a small restaurant. It’s sign said: “Breakfast: A Father’s Day Special.” One parking lot was crammed beyond capacity. The other’s parking lot only had two […]
Jesus, Twitter and the Devil
Isn’t the explosion of social media entertaining! Just in case you didn’t notice, that was an exclamation, not a question. Why is it that we give all the good stuff to the bad guys? If we come from a church background, everything has to have some rule, regulation or negative connotation attached to it. The […]
An email telling of murder…
Remember the missionary I was telling you about who left everything to serve Jesus? I just receive this via email: Adults and children are coming to church. Among them is a child whose father was murdered last Saturday night. Three gypsies shot him eight times because of a drug debt. Even more shocking was that […]
It just takes one…
All it takes is one; others will see and join in. Makes me think of Andrew: Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s witness and followed Jesus. The first thing he did after finding where Jesus lived was find his own brother, Simon, telling him, “We’ve found the Messiah” (that […]