When a baseball team begins to rally from a late-inning deficit, it’s said that the team has new life. When a husband, finally, this year, remembers his wedding anniversary, most definitely, that guy has new life. When the doctor pronounces a patient cancer-free, assuredly, that person has new life. Every time we go to confession [...]
Archive for the ‘You Are Loved’ Category
New Life
Posted in All Life Has Value, Encounter Christ, Hunger for the Spirit, You Are Loved on April 9, 2012 |
For Others
Posted in Faith Takes Action, God is Calling You!, Have Hope, You Are Loved on March 26, 2012 |
“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit (John 12:23-24).” Those words from Sunday’s Lenten Gospel moved me to [...]
Wall of Fire
Posted in God is Calling You!, Grace, You Are Loved on October 24, 2011 |
The late, great Johnny Cash – and if you are too young to remember his music, it’s worth a trip to the iTunes store – hit musical heights with his stirring , drawling version of “Ring of Fire.” Sure the song has been covered many times since (most notably by Tubbs and Mathew during an [...]
Paleontology of the Heart
Posted in Do Not Be Afraid, Have Hope, You Are Loved on October 4, 2011 |
In the depths of a Colombian coal mine, researchers from the University of Florida recently discovered the fossil remains of a previously unknown species of crocodile. The croc, affectionately known as Acherontisuchus guajiraensis, was a prehistoric behemoth. This bad boy measured some 20 feet long, and suffice it to say, would be an unwelcome guest [...]
Disappointment and Hope
Posted in Encounter Christ, Have Hope, You Are Loved on September 12, 2011 |
This world is going to disappoint us. Sure, we’ll have triumphs. Yes, there will be joys. But sooner or later, despite our best efforts, this world is going to disappoint us. The seeds of that disappointment are many. Our football team will lose, our boyfriend or girlfriend will dump us, our foolproof plan will fail [...]
Treasure
Posted in All Life Has Value, Grace, Have Hope, Joy, You Are Loved on July 11, 2011 |
For most of us, going to the dentist isn’t the most traumatic thing we ever experience, but neither is it a recreational activity we eagerly await. Going to the dentist is . . . well . . . going to the dentist. We know that we have to do it and we do it. My [...]
Refuge
Posted in A Time To Pray, Do Not Be Afraid, Have Hope, Hunger for the Spirit, You Are Loved on June 27, 2011 |
Life can be terribly complicated — sometimes in an adventurous “let’s figure out the puzzle” way, but sometimes complicated in a hard “I just can’t find the answers” way. Struggles come, setbacks occur, hearts break, and our capacity to cope can be pushed to the limit. Too often, on the canvas of our life, the [...]
Holy Week
Posted in Do Not Be Afraid, Grace, Hunger for the Spirit, You Are Loved on April 18, 2011 |
“I do not know the man!” Oh, Peter, how soon you regretted those words. From where in your heart had they come? For at Caesarea Philippi you had correctly identified Jesus as the Christ, the Savior of the world. In the upper room you had boldly professed your willingness to die for Jesus. And even [...]
Being Loved
Posted in All Life Has Value, Hunger for the Spirit, The Playfulness of God, You Are Loved on February 14, 2011 |
Ah, Valentine’s Day, the feast of pagan chocolate worship. Of course, for some, there is also that remembrance of love and lovers. We remember Romeo who loved Juliet; we recall Tarzan who loved Jane; we think of Timmy who loved Lassie; we ponder the Cookie Monster who loved . . . well . . . [...]
I Believe
Posted in Do Not Be Afraid, Faith Takes Action, You Are Loved on December 20, 2010 |
Some forty years ago, on a late December evening filled with anticipation, I looked into the night sky above my hometown of Bradford, and there I saw Santa’s sleigh. Sure it was just a flickering of light moving above the horizon, sure I should have been more amazed that I could just see the sky [...]
