Feelings of “unworthiness”…of “NOT deserving attention” or “respect…” OUCH!! Self worth, self esteem “plummeted?” “In the basement?” “Going south?” Never quite “measuring up?” What is going on…here? People “feeling or thinking” that they are NOT GOOD ENOUGH, nor will they “EVER be!” Yikes! Where does this stuff come from? And more importantly, WHY does it […]
“PRAY FOR MONEY, HONEY,” the Treasurer tells me. It’s kind of an odd request, but, OK… So am I really supposed to have “a serious conversation” with God about cash, money, legal tender, shekels, bread, currency, bucks, (not the Basketball players) dough, loot, moolah and wampum? I get it… Money impacts “EVERYONE on the planet” […]
“YOU really need to get a life they say!” But what they do not tell you is that life is SHORT! VERY short! Just “the other day” was my FIRST DAY here at All Saints. I could have sworn I JUST graduated from High School. I FLUNKED my driver’s test the first time and never […]
This passage is only Lukan. The scripture seems to be telling us – that with every step toward Jerusalem, the “Jesus Movement” seemed to be gaining momentum. It’s like the crowds were “ever-growing.” Those crowds were now numbering in the thousands. Jesus was teaching. And as he taught, someone in the crowd asked a question. […]
Jesus’ first words were – “a certain rich man…” There you have the context. For me, this has always been the parable of the “barn-guy.” He was “into” barns. He liked his “barns.” He was proud of his “barns.” The problem was – he needed more room, more space…a “bigger barn or barns.” So, one […]
I did a word study on the word “evil.” We all know and realize that evil is not good. Evil is bad, real bad. A blight… For something to be “evil” that means it is “profoundly immoral and wicked.” When we talk about “evil” we are talking something that is “bad,” “wrong”, “morally wrong”, “immoral,” […]
Every day on Facebook, people offer the hardships, tests, trials and the tribulations of their personal journey’s…and person-after-person respond by saying, that they are “praying for them…” Are they? Do they? Do people feel the power of that prayer? Are they really, truly remembered in prayer AND FOR HOW LONG? Is it pray “and DONE?” […]
The story of Mary and Martha is a classic story of “the roles of women” in the first century of the Common Era. But (at the same time) it is also “a source of annoyance” to many women. That was then. This is now. Things have obviously – radically – changed. The story leaves out […]
I really work hard at trying to understand the Scripture. I realize how important, how central it really truly is – to put everything in its “original context.” The problem is with interpreting “the word.” And of course, “interpreting” is what we all do, each and every one of us! I say it means “one […]
It was a reversal…from what you would normally expect. It was a startling message “then.” It was controversial. It was a “how could he say that” – kind of story! It was a shaking of the foundation. A lawyer…more like a “high brow professor” of the Torah came to Jesus and asked a question. They […]