Brennan Manning writes in his book, The Importance of Being Foolish: “To become a little child again (as Jesus enjoined we must) is to recapture a sense of surprise, wonder, and vast delight in all of reality.  Look at a child’s face on Christmas morning as he enters the living room transformed by the midnight […]

In Matthew 5:3 Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  And in Luke 6:20 He is recorded as saying, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” There is something profound about the Kingdom of God or Heaven coming to the poor.  […]

A few weeks ago my wife, Anna, took an old jacket that no one would ever want to wear and made a beautiful scarf out of it.  To me this idea was brilliant. She has taken old cans that anyone normal would throw away in a heartbeat and turned them into lovely pencil holders.  She […]

Throughout Scripture and throughout our lives we can see a common thread – there is an Enemy (whether this is called Satan, the Devil, the serpent, etc.) who is fighting against humans. We are the only branch of creation that God made in His image, and this is precisely what makes us human. This leads […]

Karl Marx has been credited with saying, “Philosophers have only interpreted the world differently; the point is, however, to change it.” I like to take this statement and change it up a bit. I say, Christians have only interpreted the church differently; the point is, however, to change it.                  There came a time, in […]

Matthew 21: 8-11 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the […]