Following Jesus
Knowing God
Falling Into Place
For someone on the outside looking in, she had it all. Beauty, notoriety, influence, financial security. Millions of people regularly watched her news reports on the national TV show, CBS This Morning. She had won several Emmy Awards for her outstanding work, rubbed shoulders with Presidents, First Ladies, Actors and Musicians and covered human interest … Continue reading
The amazing Creativity of Creator
Recently, during a walk in a forest I was moved by the beauty of Creation. Lush trees, some with leaves others with needles, flowers from buttercups to foxglove, bees, bugs and lizards, birds of different colors and songs pleased my eyes and ears. Who would think up such a variety and diversity? I felt my … Continue reading
Live Like You Were Dying
“I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before me, and a moment came that stopped me on a dime. I spent most of the next days looking at the x-rays…” So begins Tim McGraw’s popular song about dealing with the surprise of sudden bad news and finding oneself at death’s door. … Continue reading
Follow the evidence!
You might recognize this slogan of the very popular TV-Show CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. The careful search for clues, fingerprints, weapons, bullet fragments, DNA evidence etc. can reveal great detail of a crime scene to the scientists who try to piece the event together. Detectives working on cases often theorize what might have happened but … Continue reading
The Quest
During his coming of age, every Nez Perce male had to go on a Vision Quest (Wey-ya-kin). Tribal elders provided direction, oversight, and took the young man to a remote location and leave him there alone for 2-3 days without water and food. During this time a vision was sought by fasting and prayer. Sometimes … Continue reading
Who am I to you?
One day when Jesus was traveling the country with his small band of followers he asked them: “Who do people say that I am?” The disciples replied that most people thought that he was one of the prophets of old come alive. Then Jesus asked another question, one that caught his followers by surprise: “And … Continue reading
Some things even God can’
What was the longest night in your life? Delivering your first child? Waiting for your teenager to come home safely? Hoping for a call from the hospital that your wife, who was involved in a terrible accident, would be alright? Did a potentially life changing decision that needed to be made ever keep you from … Continue reading
Where were you God?
The recent horrific events have no doubt caused many to ask questions like this one. Where you asleep God, or on vacation or did you just not pay attention? Interestingly enough, these questions seem to be asked mostly by people who may not think or care about God when things run smoothly in their lives. … Continue reading
Jesus Christ–the only way?
“How incredibly arrogant of you Christians to say that the only way to God is through Jesus Christ!” This objection is raised most often against Jesus’ statement: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father (God) except through me” (John 14:6) Critics have called it: “Absurd religious chauvinism”, … Continue reading
Who are you God?
When we leave this question to experience and perception we will certainly get a wide variety of answers. At best we might arrive at a very limited perspective and our view will be a caricature-like misrepresentation of Him. One caricature may look like this: He is very understanding, seemingly bearing with all the wrongs that … Continue reading
To know God
What is God like? What we think about God can be influenced by a variety of facts and impressions. You may look to “church-going people” to get an idea of what God is like. Maybe a TV Evangelist, or a representative of one of our societies esteemed organizations or a letter “To the Editor” in … Continue reading
Somebody is watching out for you
Big birds, especially eagles have always fascinated me. They are majestic creations to look at whether they are perching on a branch, building a nest or soaring in flight. In an effort to make my jogging route a little more interesting, (to run in circles somehow doesn’t convey the feeling of making progress), I staked … Continue reading
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