Posts tagged “Jesus”
Stick with grace
I took some unofficial measurements of the offering boxes in our church lobby and the cross that hangs in our sanctuary. I discovered that…
Start with grace
If you grew up in church, what do you remember hearing about financial giving? Did it start with grace? Was Jesus the first part…
The potential is in the seed
At any given moment, there are two versions of you: the version that is and the version that could be. There was a commercial…
Jesus is my vine
Jesus loved to use parables and metaphors to explain who he was. This is one of them: Jesus said, “I am the vine; you…
Where every great marriage starts
Recently, when I typed wife and husband and marriage and married into a Bible search engine, I discovered 14 specific commands for Christian spouses….
Do not share your faith
If you are hesitant to share your faith with others, I have some good news. When Jesus commissioned his disciples to go out into…
80/20 is bad for all 100
In 1896 Vilfredo Pareto noticed something odd about his garden. As he picked his peapods, he noticed that some pods had more peas than…
What about the people you don’t like?
Jesus spent his life serving. The one who “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a…
Samson: Revenge knows no end
Here’s a riddle for you: The more you take of them, the more you leave behind. The answer? Footsteps. Samson once challenged the Philistines…
It’s not a show
I want people to notice. I bet you do too. When I do something good, I glance around to see who saw it. I…
Preach, Christian!
I woke up this morning to a Snapchat video of one of my adorable great-nephews, Christian James. Christian just turned two, complete with a…
Fight for the faith
A few months back, a stranger stopped me in the produce section of my local grocery store and said, “Pastor, you don’t know me,…