We each need to move. Christianity is a faith of mobility. Biologists use the word “motility” to explain how a cells move almost instinctually toward its purpose. Spontaneous. Instinctual. As if responding to an inner call. Christianity is a faith of motility. Forward (or backward) motion is a given in the life of the Christ-follower….
Come to the Party (2 Chronicles 29-30) Introduction: Let me add one more promotional for our Tuesday nights. I love spending time with our Gathering each Tuesday. The dinner is always good. The study time is a chance to learn and to talk about life and Scripture. And the diversity of students and young professionals…
It’s been a good trip back to the U.S.A. for Susan and me. After another year of Italian life, hearing our “comfort language” of English has been refreshing. Of course, we live in the South, and that makes hearing it even better. Two words I keep hearing from others this month seem to be normal:…
Not two weeks from the altar, now a new one to come The words shook our plans, the phone calls to share Now waiting beside her, the labor intense Hold hands, and breath a prayer. In pieces of cloth, they wrapped her up tight They cleaned up her body, they wiped off her face and…
When the doctors and their team working in Liberia during the height of the 2014 Ebola epidemic saw the damage the disease caused, one reportedly said “I’ve never seen so many bodies.” One doctor was in charge of gathering and disposing of those who died from the disease; he and his team worked tirelessly to…
