Consider the Lilies

Category: Chosen

  • Sent Sparrows

    Sent Sparrows

    Setting: an ordinary day at work, in a basement office at The Salvation Army, in a somewhat drab brick building on a busy corner in Hartford CT. In this office, there are two windows that are level with the ground, since I work in the “garden level” (AKA basement) of the building. I hear noise…

  • Lost

    I completely understand the motivation for that great invention, the GPS navigation system.  When they first hit the market, I had no use for GPS systems.  They were expensive and maybe some people needed them – those who couldn’t or wouldn’t read a map. But, recently, while I haven’t invested in a GPS yet, I…

  • The essential donkey

    Until a pair of white and grey donkeys appeared on my father’s farm, I didn’t think much about these odd-looking animals. When  a donkey shows up anywhere in the world, it’s usually in a political cartoon or a kid’s movie. And let’s face it, the donkey doesn’t typically come out on top land an honorable role…

  • Manna

    God selected a choice group people for a special relationship from the beginning. Starting with Abraham and branching out to generations, these people were the ones, of all the peoples of the earth, that God singles out to be a holy people to Him. For you are a holy people to the LORD your God,…