Who wants to be free?

Who wants to be free?

Freedom is sweetest to those who’ve known some type of confinement. All across northern France, for example, countless towns and villages have streets re-named with the date of their liberation by Allied Forces in WWII (i.e. Rue du 22 novembre, Mulhouse, Alsace). Such...
Looking in a fogged-up mirror

Looking in a fogged-up mirror

Ignominious, that’s what it was. Jesus’ death, that is – despicable, humiliating, disgraceful, shameful, degrading, dishonorable. And the disciples watched it all like a waking nightmare in a type of paralyzed horror beyond anything they’d ever experienced. But...
Soaking up the Son

Soaking up the Son

We humans are absorbers. We absorb all kinds of things, toxic and non. We absorb everything that is in the air (allergy sufferers need no reminding). We absorb what we eat and drink. We absorb topical creams and ointments applied to our skin. We absorb data from what...
War and Peace

War and Peace

The human body, by design, is a happily-running, perfectly-oiled, machine. It is not innate in its creation to bear the multi-faceted burden of sin and death. Those two things alone place terrible stress on each of a body’s functions. When serious conflict, be it...
Kingdom Logic

Kingdom Logic

“The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith,  is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living.  It’s our handle on what we can’t see.” Hebrews 11:1 The MESSAGE “Now faith brings our hopes into reality...