Flying by the seat of one’s pants. On-the-job-training. The school of hard knocks. The steep learning curve. Whatever you might call it, Peter’s pulse was racing wildly as he swept…
Picture a lake that evokes these words: placid, limpid, serene, untroubled, transparent, clear. Ahh! That would be a setting providing good medicine for restoring one’s soul. Room to breathe. Space…

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July 5, 2020
With this confidence, I’m wanting to visit you before and after my trip to Macedonia so that you enjoy a second experience of grace. Afterward, I’m hoping you will be…

The ‘After’* Effect

June 21, 2020
A well-known characteristic of earthquakes is a series of aftershocks, some of which are significant in intensity and often damaging, though usually less so than the initial tremor. Pentecost had…

Soaked to the Heart

June 14, 2020
All serious fishermen tell stories of being caught in the rain and getting soaked to the skin. Bringing fish home for dinner made any earlier discomfort worthwhile and increased bragging…
Even ‘hyperbole’, that witty literary device that deliberately exaggerates for effect, is left wanting when it comes to talking about the change that took place inside Jesus’ disciple/friends. And as…

Faith Waiting

May 24, 2020
Faith Waiting It’d been three days! Three very weird, frightening, tormented days. It seemed he’d really gone – even though the angel talked about Jesus’ eventual return. But the only…
Pity the poor, shock-wearied disciples! The path to victory and freedom and sovereign, national rulership bled out before their eyes in humiliating, cringe-worthy spectacle. They had collectively put all their…
Can you feature it? The biggest, most impressive, life-altering miracle ever. I mean, ever! And God does it on the sneak! Orchestrates a non-event: no witnesses, no reporters, no cameras,…