God’s audition
REMEMBERING THE intentionality with which Jesus lived can bring a whole new understanding to some very familiar Bible stories. There is usually much more going on…
Learning from Nathanael’s Nazareth blooper
IN THE GREAT Bible Blooper Reel of things people said and did that they probably wish they hadn’t, Nathanael’s contribution has to be one of the…
The little things
SOMETIMES, MAYBE A lot of the time, we don’t need revelation so much as remembrance—the reminder of something we already know but have forgotten or chosen…
Look sharp!
QUARANTINE SEASON has reminded me of two particular things about the Christian life that are, like so many others, at first glance contradictory. Namely that church…
Collab-oration: why it can take two to speak for God
WHEN I’M TALKING with a prospective author about possibly collaborating on a writing project, I will often use the analogy of a music producer to explain…
Pause before prayer
I ONCE HEARD praying for other people likened to plunging into deep water from a high cliff: you have to wait to bottom out before you…
God’s bread crumbs
IT DOESN’T TAKE a genius like he was to realize that Albert Einstein was being overly modest when he said, “I have no special talents. I…
The goal or the glory
GIVEN THAT MY typical work-from-my-Florida-home garb is shorts and a tee-shirt, it’s not too much of a stretch to consider wearing a soccer kit to my…
Quarantine for questions
MOST OF US face discouragement or doubts at some stage in our Christian walk, but it’s not just a personal issue. How we handle these situations…
Shades of gray
SOME PREACHERS are like movie poster copywriters—they take part of what someone said and with the judicious use of a few omissions and some ellipses make…
