Minister’s Post (Page 3)

From the Beginning

We make plans, at least most of us. Before we venture into something, we tend to consider our options and to weigh the benefits of the potential outcomes for each. In fact, the bigger the decision, the more judiciously we tend to plan. The last thing most of us want is to charge headlong into…

I Wonder

In his classic book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum offers his famous list of the “things he learned in kindergarten.” His argument is that these are things that also apply—or that should apply—to adult life. In that list he writes about sharing and fairness. He mentions kindness toward…

The New Has Come

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!…

Second Chances

Yesterday, Georgia and Alabama played in the SEC Championship (yesterday from your perspective, assuming you are reading this on Sunday. As I write this, the game is still two days away). A few Decembers ago, Georgia and Alabama played in this very same game. Like this year, Georgia was #1 in the country at 12-0,…

What Comes Out

By the time we reach the middle of the gospel of Matthew, the confrontation between the Pharisees and Jesus is in full swing. Time after time throughout the gospels, religious leaders oppose Jesus. They ask him questions in order to try and trap him in his words. On at least one occasion, in fact, we…