Touching Trauma
I always dreaded taking a shower after playing baseball. It wasn’t because I didn’t desire to get all the dirt and sweat off my body. I was fine with being clean. It was the fact that when I played baseball… Continue Reading
the gospel
The Freedom Of God Knowing You’re Full of It
“It’s a stick-out”, that’s what my wife and I say to one another whenever one of us (usually me….okay, always me) is trying to sound smarter than we really are. I’m thinking of that card when I read 1 John… Continue Reading
A New Kind of Biblical Hero
I think I have a new biblical hero. I just wish I knew his name. He appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. He’s the leper whom Jesus touched. And I want to be like him. I’m going to tell you… Continue Reading
When a Pharisee Becomes the Victim
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. –Matthew 23:4 This is what it looks like when a Pharisee is in power.… Continue Reading