Forget about it

Philippians 3:13-14
“One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
I wonder if Paul, as he wrote these words, was remembering the day he stood by and watched Stephen be killed [...]

Gaining Clarity

I had to be in north Austin early the other morning.  The coffee had yet to pierce the glaze on my eyeballs when I stumbled into the truck.  As I turned onto the interstate, the defroster hadn’t warmed up enough to manage the whatever that is that was on the windshield.  As it did, that [...]

Pooh

“If you live to be 100, I want to live to be 100 minus one day, so I never have to live without you” (Winnie the Pooh).

Read this, boys

Let me ask you a question: Where is Adam while the serpent is tempting Eve? 
Answer:  He’s standing right there: Genesis 3:6 says, “She also gave some to her husband, who was with her.  Then he ate it too.”  The Hebrew for “with her” means right there, elbow to elbow.  Adam isn’t away in another part [...]

Chapter 39

One day (at Band Camp…), Jesus decided it was time to enlist some others in his mission to save/redeem/rescue the world.  He took a walk down by the sea, saw some fishermen, and asked them to come follow him… and he would make them fishers of men.  Apparently the fellas didn’t think that was a [...]

Steven and Jesus

I received a gift today.
It was not found beneath a tree.
It was not wrapped.
It was a voice.
The voice of a child.
The voice of a child singing Silent Night while standing next to his fathers.
His earthly father, his Heavenly Father, and him.
The three of us, standing together… singing about the Son.
Kids are a gift from God.
(My [...]

Note to self:

Christmas elves do not exist.  Someone has to wrap all the gifts and clean the house… and I’m running out of time…
(Being single is soooo educational…)

Oh Baby!!!

“Unto us a Child is born and His name is Jesus.”

The good side of bad

It is very often the person who has been on the opposite side of good who knows the most about good.
David, the man who needed a whole lot of God’s mercy and forgiveness, wrote some of the best praise and worship songs… about a merciful and faithful god.
Paul, the guy who helped kill the first Christian [...]

Define this:

In light of some of the other stuff I wrote in this meandering blog, one of you wise guys asked me to define sex.  At first, I was a bit torqued by such a request, given that I’m not married these days, but then the attitude waned and the challenge of it all set in. 
I [...]