The light still shines

The light still shines

I’m no doctor and am known to be a tad squeamish about all things medical, but I can’t help wondering what bodily systems were activated inside the disciples last week. They stood by as Jesus was betrayed – by one of their very own! They helplessly watched as...
But wait, there’s more

But wait, there’s more

You’re watching a favorite movie with friends who are seeing it for the first time. When it gets to the tragic scene (followed, as you well know, by an amazing turn of events), it’s all you can do to restrain yourself from spoiling it for your friends and shouting out...
Faith like a child

Faith like a child

When calamity of some description strikes near our loved ones, or where some of our loved ones might have been affected, we want news. News that they are all right. News that they are safe. The hours between first hearing of the ‘event’ and finally hearing from loved...
The new harvest

The new harvest

Picture, with me, the twelve men sent by Jesus to buy lunch – in a Samaritan village – from real-life Samaritans! This was a first for all of them, an unpleasant first, even a dreaded first. Their whole lives they had learned to avoid all dealings with this...
Not kids anymore

Not kids anymore

‘Discretion’ is defined as cautious reserve in speech. ‘Reserve’ is defined as cautious in making a full explanation, restraint in the free expression of one’s mind. Neither of these is to be expected in a little child. It is pretty much useless to try to...