It’s been on my mind lately, so when I was reading the account of Jesus healing a demon-possessed man and the aftermath, it struck me. After the incident (read it here), the locals showed up to see what had caused the catastrophe, and when they realized exactly what happened, they implored Jesus to leave. I […]
Wisdom
Bright Ideas
It’s the first week of the new year, and today I did something that made me a little sad – I took down the Christmas lights on our front porch. We have put away the ornaments from the tree and taken our candles from our windows. I’m not looking forward to this evening, when it […]
Too Much Information
We’ve all had the experience. We sit down with someone we just met, and in less time than it takes to let our latte cool, we’ve heard their life story. Sometimes the details are more than we want to hear, or other times there are too many names or places or other items with which […]
On His Own Terms
He is world-famous, rich, successful, said by many to be the best ever at the position he played. He continued in his superlative achievements unabated for almost two decades. Still at the top of his class, he finally decided to end his career. One would think that he could make that decision and announce it […]