When Paul the apostle goes about listing characteristics of love in 1 Corinthians 13, the first word he uses is ?patient.? Love is patient. Love is slow. I remembered again Kosuke Koyama?s book, Three Mile an Hour God. I once posted on my personal blog, quoting him, ?Is Jesus Too Slow?? He was a Japanese […]
Passionately Pursuing God
Confession: Freedom in Truthtelling
Are People Basically Tools?
Ok, some people are? ?like the able-bodied people who take up handicap parking stalls when my wife is shopping with our special needs boy; ?like any football fan that roots for a team other than my beloved Nebraska Cornhuskers; ?like the people who don?t get the movie The Princess Bride. I?m digressing here. This is […]
What Excites a Leader?
I often hear leaders talk about how excited they are about this venture or that project. Good work is energizing and invigorating. But I?m struck by what king David describes as exciting and high on his list of celebrations: Ps 31:7-8, ?I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love,?because you have seen my affliction;??you […]
Easter Sunday
?If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says.? (The Message) This is the fruit of Jesus giving His life for us. The resurrection enables us to find […]
Holy Saturday: The In Between
Holy Saturday. The day between the crucifixion and the resurrection. It is the ultimate time of waiting without answers, hoping without evidence. Many of us have situations in our lives that are stretching us to the edge of patience. We don’t see the way out. It is the darkness of the in-between. Find a few […]
