Beginning with Eve, you began a tradition of passing down motherhood for generations to come.
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Squirming on Mother's Day
When Mother’s Day comes along, I start squirming, and I really just want to move on to Monday when no one is launching Proverbs 31 grenades at me.
“What Is Truth?”
The question hangs in the air because the answer will come not through the words of Jesus, but through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
Blessings from the Sky!
At the end of January, Larry Henderson was a plane captain for a special secret skydiving jump.
My Three-in-One New Year's Resolution
One thing: Jesus. Three things to do: forget the past, focus on heaven, and press on till you get there.
Boxing Day Sermon
So, the question before us on Dec. 26 (or on any other day) is, “What does Immanuel (God with us) mean today?”
When God Shows up for Christmas
The story of Jesus entering into the world is a story of God disrupting the lives and plans of those God chose.
A Light in the Darkness
All of them need a little light in the midst of the darkness. I want nothing more than to bring a little light into the darkness.
A Tale of Two Trees
Christmas is when we recall that the King was born, and reigns forever more, and that the arrival of Christ signaled the expiration date on all other kingdoms.
Do Not Let Baby Jesus Become Jesus Lite
If baby Jesus is all we present, we are showing a “lite” version of Jesus, and babies do not demand that you deny yourself, take up a cross, and follow them.
Going to Church on Christmas
Christmas on Sunday puts church leaders in a Solomon-type predicament where we fear our only option is to make people decide between Christmas at home or keeping their commitment to church worship.
A Mother's Day Prayer
Lord, help us this Mother’s day
to recognize what is genuine, what is good.
Open our eyes to those hidden among us.
Happy Mother's Day to God??
Yes, the Bible uses the image or metaphor of “Father” to refer to God, but it is only an image; one way of communicating what God is like (a God that is neither male nor female).
Memorial Day (2016)
Lord, I don’t understand war:
why nations spend so much.
A Seat at the Table: A Holiday Reflection
Tables have this way of being universally exclusive, and it seems this principle is as old as the advent of the table itself.
Memorial Day (2015)
We don’t want to remember
the real cost and cast of war, the self-sacrifice of dog-tags.
Mother's Day (2015)
Lord, she who conceived and gave birth to Israel;
swaddled and held them, bent down to feed them.
Black Friday (2014)
Father, God of the Christ child,
born into poverty, in the filth of a manger.
Black Friday (Thanksgiving 2013)
One nation devoted to spending money
on things we believe will bring us joy.
Father's Day #2 (2013)
For the sake of those who cannot celebrate today,
but for whom today is a day of terrifying reminders.