When Bev and I travel by car on vacation, she will sometimes have a book to occupy her mind. “Want me to read to you,” she will ask. Her voice …
The Flywheel
Car mechanics are quite well acquainted with the flywheel. In automotive applications, the flywheel sits between the engine and the transmission. It works to convert the up and down energy …
“I know the plans I have for you….”
Jeremiah 29:11 – A Commencement Address, May 10th, 2017 By Phillip Camp, Lipscomb University – Nashville, TN As we gather for such an important milestone in the lives of you …
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
View PostPost Lent Reflections
Lent 2022 is history. Recently I heard folks sharing what they “gave up” for Lent: chocolate, social media, sugar, alcohol, and such. I think that is the most common reaction …
Revelation Resources
The book of Revelation is a fraught book. For many generations it has been often approached as a manual for deciphering the future date of Christ’s return. 666 has been …
Why Merced – 2022?
Many cities in the U.S. would die to have the economic and social opportunities that are coming to Merced. And coming quickly. The first big thing that happened to this …
The Power of a Question
It was time to go home, so Sarifa came to my room in the surgical ward to wheel me down to the car. She and Bev packed our three small …
No one left to come
Martin Neimoller was a famous Lutheran pastor in Germany. He is known for his opposition to the Nazis’ state control of the churches, and he was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and …
No such word
There is no church without us The sum total of our tears struggles, joys, doubts, longings, fears, and loneliness. No such word, church Church is a noun describing one thing …
Watch That Diet
View PostFraught Times
“Don’t panic” seems to be the right message for beleagured, stressed Christians. In this pandemic world there always seems to be another thing coming around the corner at us. But …
Teach Your Children
Long before Crosby, Stills, and Nash sang, “Teach Your Children,” Moses told ancient Israel to “Keep these words….recite them to your children….and write them on the doorposts of your house.” …
Owe no one anything.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8. Except A Poem by Bruce Logue You won’t find …
Prejudice
Prejudice is defined as (1) a preconceived judgment or opinion (2) an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge, and it is a nearly universal human experience. The …
What does Jesus mean when he says “love”?
After you are baptized you don’t immediately know what it means to love. You can only go with what you know, not what you will know. The Greeks had several …
What God Wants
I’m pretty sure I don’t at all times want to do what God wants. There’s a scared, selfish, risk-averse part of me that causes me to think of all the …
No One Likes the Product
The Jesus Creed is a Scot McKnight blog located on the Christianity Today website. The blog is named after McKnight’s popular book by the same name. In the article below …
Dictionary’s Newest Words
Language is fluid, constantly changing. Some dictionaries publish an annual list of the new words that make it into their updated editions. For example, “selfie” was named word of the …
Roll up your sleeves!
Pictures collect after 53 years of marriage. And children dread the time when they will have to go through boxes and boxes of unlabeled snapshots, many of which they don’t …