Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

In 1967, Louis Armstrong wrote a song, ‘What a Wonderful World.’ It brimmed with a child’s optimism and celebrated simple things. It was sung in iconic Armstrong style. And it’s true. There’s much to love in this world. Everybody has a list of their many loves. My...
A Life Unimagined

A Life Unimagined

In the sublime innocence of the Garden, Adam and Eve passed their days in abundant living, lacking nothing, basking in direct, unimpeded relationship with God Himself. In short, in exquisite alignment with God’s Plan ‘A.’ When Eve encountered this alien thing called...
Kingdom workings

Kingdom workings

Sometimes I daydream that, in 2000 years of church history, we should have perfected this thing of being Christians, should have all the essentials buttoned up, no major issues left, all of us living in near perfect unity, the Gospel penetrating the very last areas of...
Christian Living 101

Christian Living 101

I recently had occasion to be assistant in an Intro Computer Class. There were nine students confronting three simultaneous obstacles: non-English speaking, unfamiliar with a keyboard, and unfamiliar with computer usage/lingo. The ninety-minute class went quickly...
Tag! You’re It!

Tag! You’re It!

Of all the categories of US ambassadorships, there is one that sounds remarkably like the one conveyed upon every follower of Jesus. It is ‘Ambassador Extraordinary,’ defined as: an individual who is the highest-ranked diplomatic minister going on a special mission....