Pastor Jeff reminded me of something yesterday. He was telling of how when he arrived home each evening his kids would run to him, using his legs as a backstop, and wrap themselves around him like a snake around a tree. They are so happy to see him that they just want to crawl up […]
Christian vs. Christ-Follower, part 2
Here’s another one!
Typical Lifepoint
Interesting things happen at church . . . Now, in all fairness, I must make a disclaimer to go along with that statement. I’ve been in many churches for many years and that statement did not apply. Whether as a parishioner, pastor or pouter (discontented and outside the church), I can honestly state that interesting […]
Bored stupid?
I’ve been mulling over what I read today . . . I took a class in my undergraduate years on the book of Leviticus many years ago (I sincerely find it almost impossible to believe that the class took place more than 30 years ago!). Professor Roland must have been born a few years after […]
Struggling
She’s 68 years old and has been struggling with her illness for 17 years . . . I’ll call her Sally. She makes me think of the woman who was hemorrhaging in Matthew 9. She has definitely been taken advantage of by the medical system — they’ve stripped her of every single dime, her dignity […]