Have you ever bought a pair of shoes because you really, really liked them, but they were the wrong size?
Have you ever begun talking and wanted to shove everything you just said back into your mouth? Once it’s out, there’s no taking it back.
Our “not again” doesn’t have to be what it was before. Insert the resurrected Jesus, and watch the whole process transform.
What we find is that “holier-than-thou” Jesus doesn’t arrive to a throng of cheering crowds on his high horse; he arrives on a donkey.
Steelers legend Mike Webster left a message for me. He wanted to talk about something I had shared with thousands of people. He was not happy, but, looking back, he taught me something about humility.
When you have no other option, leftovers satisfy, but when you have plenty, leftovers feel like not enough.
What would you do with true popularity? How would you treat crowds of people following you? What would Jesus do?
Here it is, the perfect opportunity for Jesus to show his power right out of the gate. God has affirmed him, and he is greeted by none other than Satan himself.
When describing someone, you don’t often hear it said, “They are such a humble person.” Humility is one of the most underused characteristics in our American culture today.
As followers of Jesus, we are meant to serve one another, but when it comes to driving out the real demons in people’s lives, Jesus acts through spoken word and the authority of his voice.
Our responsibility to make sure all have access to food is not dependent on our wealth or our gifts; it is a simple matter of our humanity.
Upside down, inside out, and backwards is the way to be counted among the greatest in the kingdom of God.
Jesus lists off a category of people who are blessed. The poor in Spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst, etc. Do I want to be any of those things?
People seem to get in the way of unity. Is Christian unity important enough to you?
Waiting patiently is not a strong suit of mine.
Isn’t it good to know we are not furniture, and God is not us?
Do you ever think of God as fun? With all the hurt and bad things in this world, do you feel guilty for having fun? Sometimes, I wonder if God would like to tell us all to just lighten up a bit.
Predictability, decisiveness, and knowing exactly where you are going; these are attractive qualities in anyone’s life. Yet, these are not the things that changed the world.
It was recently a shock to some of our systems when we learned there is not really a donkey in the Christmas story as told per scripture.
In the angel’s proclamation of the birth of Jesus, we hear the phrase, “ALL PEOPLE.” The angels spoke to the most unexpecting group of shepherds and told them a message that was to “bring great joy to ALL PEOPLE.” Yet still we sometimes wonder, “Even them?”