And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Heb 10:24-25 NIV – 24 Remember the little children’s hand motion: Here’s the church. Here’s […]
Reflecting the Light
A few months ago, my car battery died while in line waiting to get gas at Costco – very inconvenient, to say the least. When it became obvious I wasn?t going to move, the cars behind me began going around me. No one asked if there was a problem or if they could help. They […]
Share the Fragrance of the Knowledge of God
?How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?? Ps. 137:4 I carefully untwisted the lid, placed the vial close to my nose and took a quick sniff. The label said it was orange scented. The next one was gardenia scented and the next cinnamon roll. Vial after vial of […]
Listening is the Doorway to Love
?One of the Pharisees, an expert in the law, tested Jesus with this question: ?Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?? Jesus replied, ?Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is first and greatest commandment. And the second is like […]
Living Life at the Pace of Love
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 […]
Maundy Thursday: Love Like Jesus
This is the day during Easter week when we remember the words Jesus spoke to his disciples at the last supper. Maundy Thursday comes from the latin Dias Mandatum, “The day of the new commandment.” That commandment, of course, being, “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I […]
Overwhelmed in the Best Possible Way
We live in a world where people often seem to be bored with life?seeking something new and exciting to stimulate them. As followers of Jesus, we have access to a reality that is rich, wise, and beyond our searching or fathoming. Just listen to Paul: Romans 11:33-36 NRSV, ?O?the depth of the riches and wisdom […]
