Posts tagged “Love”
So deep
Snorkeling in the Caribbean Sea is like snooping on a weird and wonderful metropolis. The classy, the clownish, the fat, the flat, the finned,…
Stepping in to save the game
In the National Hockey League, an emergency goalie must be available for every game. I don’t think many people knew about this rule until…
Lost and found
Some years ago, “Lost” posters appeared in my city picturing a homely looking dog named Sidney. A woman vacationing in Mexico had rescued Sidney…
Jesus is more painful (and glorious) than you thought
During a recent trip to Jerusalem, I had this romantic idea for a morning run: Get up early; run from my hotel up the…
Endless mercy
There’s a song that we love to sing at our church called “His Mercy Is More.” Written in 2016 by Matt Papa and Matt…
Jesus feels your pain
Gerdi was invited to spend a weekend with her college friends, but she didn’t want to go. She had breast cancer, had lost all…
A joyful welcome
“You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance” (Psalm 32:7 ESV). The joyful…
On being the favorite
One of the nicest things anyone ever said about me was that I was the favorite. We don’t hear that very often, and it’s…
Who is Jesus? Our King!
Have you ever read the Old Testament book of Zechariah? (It’s okay to be honest.) Zechariah isn’t quite as famous as Philippians, is it?…
Who Is Jesus? Our Priest?
In 2014 a gunman opened fire at a military base in Texas, tragically murdering three people. But there would have been more if it…
Romance is fleeting, but GOD is forever
As much as I would love to say that the teenage me was saving my heart for Kim (my wife), the truth is that…
God’s operating manual
“The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they…