Less of a Mess

As soon as I admitted to being a mess I seemed to myself to be less of one less of a mess. In the earlier days I was my own mess, such a mess that I couldn’t clean up or put in order no matter how hard I tried.  (Not that I ever tried that … Continue reading →

Gut Feelings

  The apostle Paul was a tentmaker by trade and not a sailor, but in Acts 27, where we read of his voyage as a prisoner by sea toward the Italian coast, Paul had a “gut feeling” or a perception that to journey farther from Fair Haven would be disastrous. The actual captain of the ship … Continue reading →

Being in a Race

We’re human beings in a human race racing from place to place from face to face human beings (not human doings) that need to pace for a longer distance race and find to strike the artful balance between the grace of being and the skill of racing. Continue reading →

Afraid To Ask

When Jesus began to talk to his disciples about his approaching betrayal, death and then resurrection, they didn’t understand him. (Mark 9, v32) Nor were they inclined to ask for an explanation because, in their humanness, they were “afraid to ask Him.”  They “didn’t want to go there” as we say in today’s common vernacular.  … Continue reading →

Dread Is Deceptive

In the parable of the prodigal son in Luke Chapter 15 of the New Testament,  it’s important to see that it wasn’t only the younger son who went astray but the older son did also in a different way.  The younger son strayed outwardly and more noticeably in a dissipated life style, the older one … Continue reading →

Spiritual Athletes

The apostle Paul of the New Testament may have been a sports fan himself he was so fond of athletic references and metaphors in his letters.  First Corinthians chapter 9, verses 24-27 is one familiar example.  There he exhorts his readers to run in such a way as to obtain the prize, reminding them that … Continue reading →