More than your greatest request

More than your greatest request

Spoiler alert: The following is another flight of PD imagination. I often like to try to fill in Scripture’s ‘silent gaps,’ those so-intriguing times when a ton of movie-worthy things are happening, but which are not recorded for us. So… As the young and...
Seek and you will find

Seek and you will find

It’s the as-yet-unpacked box, long forgotten in the attic or the garage or the basement or on the top shelf of the closet or under a bed. It’s the invisibly present thing in the room, like what’s been supporting the bedside lamp. If you’ve ever moved house in...
There’s provision for that

There’s provision for that

This thought may occur right after a sumptuous B&B breakfast: “I won’t need to eat again today.” Or it may occur (with a slight groan) after an unusually copious restaurant lunch. It is somewhat embarrassing then, when in late afternoon, the search begins to find...
Door Ajar

Door Ajar

I expect, several months after Jesus returned to his Father, that the disciples would have gathered to share an evening meal and one of them probably would have blurted out his latest revelation: “We are Pentecost people!” After a few seconds to absorb this word,...
That’s Life!

That’s Life!

“I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect – life in its fullness until you overflow!” JESUS (John 10:10b as translated in the PASSION version) What do y’all think? Are these just pretty words, hackneyed phrases, off-the-cuff, thoughtless...
To God be the Glory

To God be the Glory

Across Protestantism, there is a vast range of instructions given to new believers. Some of these ‘inductees’ are told: You must speak in tongues or you are not born again You simply pray a sinner’s prayer and you are set for eternity You must be baptized by immersion...