Expanding Conflict En Route To Jerusalem What stand-up guys, those Pharisees, right? What’s their motivation? Now King Herod is against Jesus; so both religion & government. Jesus is misunderstood (John?) & is heading into threat of violence. Reminds Me Of St. Patrick & His Life Journey Too Similarly, so much about Patrick is misunderstanding and…
One Of A Few Core Passages To My Ministry Jesus reading from Isaiah seems like he is declaring a mission statement. I have, therefore, taken it as a personal ministry mission statement. It May Not Be Expected & It Sure Seems Daunting It seems like a “Mission: Impossible”, which got me to thinking Did the…
Two weeks ago, we were called to be the hands of Jesus, to bear the fruit of our faith. Last week, we discovered that God pushes our faith to the edge to prepare us to do the things we never imagined doing. Today we discover if we trust God and take him at his word, then we will be able to handle…
I’d like to tell you a story about a statue that sat in front of an old church, and greeted you as you came in. It was a gift given by one of the church’s wealthier members who hired a well-known artist to create a sculpture that would be the centerpiece for the growing town. The patron wanted the statue to say…
Psalm 1 ; Acts 1:6-11 Just the other day someone asked me what it was like to work in advertising. Let’s just say I told her that whenever I used to fill out questionnaires that ask for my race, I put rat. As a copywriter it was my job to write the slogans and words. What I learned was that sometimes these…