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Alabaster and Spikenard

In Mark 14:3-9, we see a woman displaying an act of full and pure devotion for Jesus. I'm quite familiar with this account, but recently in church I learned more details about why this was such a big deal. I did a little Internet searching on my own and learned a few...
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Advice from Pastors

I've gone through some older notes I've kept from sermons years ago. I've chosen a few phrases for some helpful advice. You're not special, you're unique. Unity in church comes when we stop thinking of ourselves as special and start thinking of ourselves as being...
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The Resurrection of Lazarus

In John 11:1-45, we see a story that I've heard so many times that I run the risk of being over-familiar with it. But while thinking about it over the past few days, I've wondered what it must have been like to see it. I read it again, spending some time on it....
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God Working with Family Dysfunction

The Bible is full of examples of God working His will and story even through and despite severe human problems, failures, and downright purposeful immorality. For this post I'd like to talk about family dysfunction. Sometimes things turn out well and sometimes they...

Sensitivity and Calibration of the Conscience

We all have consciences. We don't always use them the way we should. Ignoring your conscience dulls and damages it, making it less effective and less sensitive in the future. When you constantly brush through the thorns your conscience said not to, your conscience can...

Emotional Baggage

Sometimes you can think of your mental and emotional health as a bag. You carry it with you wherever you go, and it has different things in it depending on where you've been, where you're at, and where you're going. Sometimes the bag is light and easy. Sometimes the...

Achsah and Othniel

In Joshua 15:15-19 and Judges 1:11-15, we are introduced to a woman named Achsah and a man named Othniel. Achsah was the daughter of Caleb, the man who had followed God when his peers hadn't, causing him to outlive his peers and maintain enough strength to still be...

Aging Very Gracefully

I've been thinking about a couple people in the Bible who aged much more than just gracefully, and I wonder what that must have been like to witness. Moses lived to be 120 years old. When he died, the Bible says he was still in good condition. His eyesight was still...

Wisdom I’ve Heard

I hear a few pieces of wisdom from time to time. This wisdom often comes when I least expect it. Sometimes it comes from strangers as I'm going about life, sometimes from friends as we just chat. Whatever the source, I always write it down so I can remember it. If...