When I was a pastor I used to fantasize about being a mail carrier. I figured the pay would be about the same and the pressure exponentially reduced. The weight of letters doesn’t compare with the charge of souls. I knew a couple of the privileged class of postal workers and they seemed so much …
Squeezing camels through a tiny opening
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God. Matthew 19:24 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through …
The candy store church
We pour into our churches on Sundays, lock the doors, and sell candy to one another. The sugar high exhilarates but by the parking lot the high subsides to a low and the energy turns to lethargy. What’s worse is that our neighbors watch us come out looking more infirm than when we went in. …
Catching and Casting Light (Part 2) Â
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that …
A good testimony
I used to think my best testimony was when I told someone that God did this miracle or another in me or around me. I supposed the best way to introduce people to God were stories of divine intervention and deliverance . While those are good, I’d say that if he always took all my suffering …
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