A Weapon Against Death

September 16, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Outside my window the late summer sun filters down through a canopy of oak and cedar. The oppressive heat of August has shoved its way into September. It leaches the moisture of yesterday’s rain out of every blade of grass as it covers Texas like a weighted blanket.

Mute

September 3, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’ve been silent in this space of late. To be honest, the events of the summer, both in the world and at home have made me want to escape.

The Sound of Silence

July 31, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

For someone who has a strong dislike of close spaces I’ve found myself, more than once, descending into darkness.

Lord of the Sabbath

July 21, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Even a quick perusal of the OT scriptures will reveal that God takes the Sabbath day very seriously.

It Is Not Nothing

July 13, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

I think we forget that Jesus and John the Baptist were family. Scripture doesn’t give us any indication of how much time they spent together as children, if any at all. But we do know this, when Jesus heard that John had been killed He, “withdrew privately by boat to a remote place;” (Matt 14:13)

A Word Spoken

July 5, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

We’ve all experienced the power that words can have on a person, even on a community and a culture.
A kind word, a word spoken in encouragement, can have a profound and life giving affect on a person.
But words can also be used to harm, control, and confuse.

It Began In A Garden

June 17, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’ve been thinking about the different ways God comes to us.

Where We Go Wrong

June 4, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

I wonder if this is where we began to go wrong.

By the Power of the Spirit

May 30, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

The magic of the Holy Spirit is the immediate and on-going change that happens when, at the moment of salvation, He invades our spirit.

Power-filled Witnesses

May 27, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

“…you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8b

Have you ever wondered how a group of men who, time after time, failed to grasp the teachings of Christ during His earthly ministry, could successfully bring the message of the Gospel to the ends of the earth?