Tagged With: Christ
QTMs for Good Friday, 3/30/18: HANG IT ON THE CROSS
There was nothing more hideous and embarrassing than dying on a Roman cross. It’s natural to associate it with all the despair and ugliness surrounding the event of Jesus’s crucifixion. I submit the Cross of Christ as God’s ultimate symbol of love for me. I couldn’t free myself from my habits, my hatreds, my favorite … Continue reading
QTMs for 3/8/18: DRIFT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STOP PADDLING
The Bible says a lot about the cross. Nowhere does it mention inoffensive. It’s no secret our American culture has for decades been steadily drifting away from God. While that drift out into the depths of Whatever Feels Good has been happening, there’s been just as steady an invasion of philosophies alien to God and … Continue reading
2nd Cup for 12/24/17: “CAN WE JUST GET RID OF THE WHOLE JESUS THING?”
“D’oh! I WISH we could just ______________________________!” Really? I’ve often wished God would immediately give “I-WISHers” exactly what they just demanded. Individually. Immediately. Since He alone sees Past-Present-Future all at once, He’s able to pull a Cosmic switcheroo and make everything and everyone around the “I-WISHer” exactly as it and they would be, if they’d … Continue reading
Q(uiet) T(ime) M(using)s for 7/28/17: 2 WAYS TO THROW BACK FLOUNDERING FAITH
Your life as a Christian should make nonbelievers question their disbelief in God. I’m not talking about your philosophy of religion or your preferences for worship or your favorite spiritual guru. Your philosophies and beliefs and membership in this or that church don’t amount to dryer lint if you don’t have a personal relationship with … Continue reading
100-Word Stroll for 4/16/17: HE COULD’VE SAID NO
Everything about our lives is different because Jesus went through with God’s plan. Grab your coffee and walk with me . . . Hope makes anything bearable. As long as you know whatever you’re facing is temporary, you can persevere. Think what this life would be like if there were no hope of anything beyond … Continue reading
100-Word Stroll for 4/14/17: WHAT ABOUT THE REST?
Escaping all crowds is impossible. Thinking like them, however, is your own choice. Grab your coffee and walk with me . . . The crowd included cynics who’d been watching and listening all their lives to the roiling, foaming surf of Jewish politics and Roman oppression. cool, sophisticated, professional Christ-followers whose subdermal faith could be equally at … Continue reading
3/28/17: IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS… Some Thoughts for Lent
“Antonucci?” He sat with head down, shoulders slumped, his helmet laying on its side on the ground beside the scrub rock. In his right hand was a wooden-handled coarse brush that had seen plenty of use. He sat staring at the ugly object in his left hand: a flagrum. Two of them – stiff, stinking and repulsive from a recent scourging. It was like … Continue reading
QTMs, 2/21/17: YEAH, I DID, TOO.
One of the few things a religious zealot accomplishes is to reassure those he’s trying to convince that they want nothing to do with him or whatever model of Jesus he’s peddling. We are moving into the Lenten season, the lead-up to Easter Sunday. I know you know that. Easter bunnies, dancing eggs and fake grass is … Continue reading
Q(uiet) T(ime) M(usings), 12/21/16: WHADDYA MEAN IT NEEDS BATTERIES?
Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth; Goodwill to Men; and Batteries Not Included. I remember when the toys and games we received at Christmas needed no batteries or power cords. They came complete with the most impressive, awe-striking, exhaustless power source ever created: Our own imagination. We weren’t limited only to the … Continue reading