Consider the Lilies

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  • Without Faith

    Faith is quite a mystery.  We exercise it every day, yet it seems complicated. It is easy and straightforward, but at the same time hard to get a handle on.  It’s essential to life, yet not often acknowledged.  And this confusing, but simple concept just happens to be the thing that God wants from us.…

  • My Right Arm

    Have you ever had a moment when you are reading something – say, the Bible – and an image or a word jumps out at you, vividly? (I hope it’s happened to you, because, it happened to me.  And it’s a cool experience.  Read on.) The image that impressed me was an arm.  Yes, a…

  • Whom Shall I Fear?

    After living out the book of Job, was Job able to say, in any situation, oh so confidently, without a tremor in his voice, “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?”

  • Non-traditional ways

    Tradition.  It’s what we grow up with, the blueprint handed down to us from our parents and relatives, the road map that tells us what we’re supposed to be in life. As Merriam Webster Online defines tradition: 1 a : an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice…

  • Salvation Bucket

    Two frogs fell into a bucket of cream, or so I’ve heard it told. The sides of the bucket were shiny and steep, the cream was deep and cold. “Oh, what the us?” said No. 1, “”Tis fate-no help’s around. Goodby, my friend. Goodbye, sad world.” And weeping still, he drowned. But No. 2, of…

  • The Greater the Struggle

    Someone shared the thought with me that the “greater the struggle, the greater the victory.”  Although the relationship of suffering to God’s care is a bit obscure and has puzzled theologians for centuries, I share a similar thought that I read this morning. Testings are raining upon me which seem beyond my power to endure.…