Faith & Inspiration

Cross purposes
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Cross purposes

Faith & Inspiration |  It’s easy to walk in pride and self-interest unless we match our footsteps to the Lord’s

Mission accomplished
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Mission accomplished

Faith & Inspiration |  When you plant seeds, keep in mind that God may want someone else to water

Keeping photos from the bad old days

Faith & Inspiration |  As a child I used to like to take out the box of photos at my grandmother’s house and look through the same ones I had examined scores of times—some of…

An encouraging cloudy forecast

Faith & Inspiration |  There is a 6-year-old boy I don’t get to see often, but when I do I find him every inch a boy—well versed on Spider-Man and all his nemeses, able to leap…

Growing from a shrub to a tree

Faith & Inspiration |  Here is part of a passage from Jeremiah I was reading recently while waiting at a toll booth station for a friend to arrive: “Cursed is the man who trusts…

The worst good day

The worst good day

Faith & Inspiration |  Today is Good Friday. We call it “good” because we know how the story ends—it is the doorstep to the salvation encountered on Easter Sunday. But Good…

Praying the same words … praying the same words

Faith & Inspiration |  “And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words” (Mark 14:39). At this point, Jesus is entering the worst of his suffering now, intense enough…

God’s legs can never be cut off

God’s legs can never be cut off

Faith & Inspiration |  “I used to have heroes, but God kept cutting their legs off.” I forget who said this. I heard it once on the radio. Maybe like me you came of age in a…

Making sure Malchus had an ear to hear

Faith & Inspiration |  “And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear . Then…

Forgiveness ahead of time

Faith & Inspiration |  “And Jesus said to them, ‘You will all fall away, for it is written, “I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” But after I am…

One good response to same-sex marriage

One good response to same-sex marriage

Supreme Court |  Gnashing of teeth. Raising of voices. Organizing of groups with names like Soul Force. Occasional forcible use of fists. But how often in the battle over…

Singing along with Jesus

Faith & Inspiration |  “And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives” (Mark 14:26). Do you ever picture Jesus singing? I have imagined him walking,

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