“They kept looking for Jesus….” John 11:56 I celebrated Easter Sunday with my family this year and had the joy of remembering and sharing the new life of the resurrection, which is central to the Gospel message. It was great to be together with most of my family, children and grandchildren. One of the things […]
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it […]
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” John 8:12 I’m seated here this morning with the light of day streaming in through the windows. There are presently no other sources of […]
“It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that the birds of the air can nest under […]
I just returned from southern California where I enjoyed the chance to share at a retreat called The Journey. We were in the mountains amidst the snow and towering fir trees enjoying the beauty and grandeur of God’s creation. There is something about the mountains that I find refreshing. As the week ended I joined […]
I sat with my friend Craig the other evening and we were talking about our families, mainly trading humorous stories about children and grandchildren. He shared that one of the traditional things he tried to do with each of his children was to give them a small tool box with some essential household tools, including […]
Building Walls Or Opening Doors On one of my many trips across the country as an itinerant minister my family had accompanied me. My children were young and had asked that we do some tent camping along the way and so, not having any camping equipment, I made my way to Costco and purchased a […]
I was recently driving in downtown San Francisco. If there ever was an argument for well thought out public transportation it is the downtown section of this city. Of course, I was not using any of the available means of public transportation since I had driven into the city just for the day. And as […]
In my previous post I began to share a few ideas that surfaced as I spoke with a friend about his life situation. I’d like to continue sharing some of what I learned that day during our conversation. As the conversation proceeded, one of the insights God seemed to be revealing in the moment was […]
I was having coffee the other day with a friend who was encountering some things in his life that were causing some concern. He had asked that we might meet and talk through some of the issues, as he understood them. First of all, I was so grateful that this friend wanted to appeal to […]
