Are we there yet?

Are we there yet?

I hope this doesn’t sound mean or judgmental, but something inside me feels like holding a private celebration each time Scriptures point out when the disciples missed the point. It feels so indirectly validating. In a weird way, it gives me hope that I’m not the only...
Ways higher than our ways

Ways higher than our ways

All of these – mortgage payments, car payments, utility bills, insurance premiums, internet charges, cell phones and their contracts, cable fees, taxes, Credit Card payments – real time evidences we are living in a physical world that demands our timely co-operation...
Earth to PD!

Earth to PD!

In a quiet moment, if someone were to ask me what I was thinking about, I’d be apt to say ‘nothing.’ What I’d mean, of course, is nothing that I’m conscious of. Imagine if it were possible (and given our tech-savvy world, it may one day be) to be given a 50-page...
Fogged up mirrors?

Fogged up mirrors?

Parents, when they have a new baby, intend to provide for their child to the best of their ability because they’ve given that child the gift of life. When students enroll in university, they are giving themselves the gift of an educated life. When a man and woman...
Spring rains and soft pillows

Spring rains and soft pillows

“How was your trip?” This question, asked casually in passing, is next to impossible for me to answer. I typically go blank, not knowing how or where to start. Is there one word that sums up everything? Is there time to go into detail? Should I commit five hundred...
The Needy People of God

The Needy People of God

Horace and I were watching the second session of the Vineyard conference being held in Cincinnati last week, when near the end of the session, they introduced Pastor Miguel Aviles. During his talk, Pastor Aviles shared about a broken relationship he and his wife...