Category: Meditations

I was really taken this morning by the opening phrase of Psalm 51: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love”...

What is Jesus really talking about when He says that the least person in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than John? And why would He bother to even make such a statement?...

Suppose your teacher begins the semester by saying, “You need to do as I say and learn the material or you will not pass.”  What your professor does not mean is that you should try to pass each exam by sheer willpower and determination, nor even through your own...

About 5-6 years ago in Pasadena, my wife and I joined with four of our friends to create a small group we fondly referred to as our “Orchestra.” We would gather together perhaps every third Saturday, check in with each other about our lives, and then settle into “tuning...

Looking around our North Carolina house, we have done a lot of renovating since we bought it last December. Lots of stuff pulled up — like the 4 layers of linoleum in the kitchen, plus the wood layment, plus the cork tile under that — all the way down to the...

As I was enjoying a beautiful North Carolina afternoon today, I was thinking about last December when the Santa Ana winds came tearing through Pasadena (where we lived at the time) knocking down a huge tree in our neighbor’s yard and taking out all electrical power for six or...

I am God’s child (1Jn.5) He birthed my spirit (Jn.3) He adopted my body (Rom.8)...

So much has been written about this parable, it is hard to imagine that there is amy more to be said. But one day I put myself in their shoes for a while and some interesting things began to emerge that I had never seen before. When I put...