Life. God. Perspective.

The face of God? Some say that level of intimacy with God is impossible, deadly even. Yet scripture from beginning to end threads a much different account. Getting in the face of God is the only way to a whole, fulfilled life. So, what are you waiting for? Get in His face!

The most wonderful time of the year? Well...for many folks...not exactly. Although the holidays can stir up many emotions, memories, or anxieties, there seems to be a subtle but powerful prescription peppered throughout the 66 books that comprise the Bible. Go ahead, give it a listen, give this thread of thanksgiving a tug and take [...]

There's often a story behind a story. Scripture is filled with plenty of examples. A woman is remembered for touching Jesus' cloak and gaining miraculous healing. Was it just dumb luck? Or was it something that the woman did because she dared to believe the story behind the story? Peer in as we let the [...]

What is the "Word of God?" Is it a book? Or, is it as the good Book says...the Word of God is a person. The Age of Reason gave us many things. Many good things. But it also leaves a film of unintended consequences whereby many now assume "truth" through their own experience...putting us all [...]

Dive down with me into the layers of scripture where deeper understanding is sure to be found! In Luke 19, look on as Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, that wee little man many of us sang about in our Sunday School children's song. Yet, Jesus' words stop the music with one culturally-charged turn of phrase. It is [...]

How well do you really see the things of God? How well do we really hear God in the work-a-day lives we lead? Let the scriptures encourage us with a word - Repent! Be zealous and repent, we are told. Well, let's just see about that as we open a letter written to a thriving [...]

It is interesting that Jesus doesn't appear to concern himself with right vs. wrong. Instead, his focus is intently on life vs. death. The Bible describes two trees from a garden of old - the Tree of Life and the Tree of Death. How is it that we keep eating from the wrong tree? What [...]

So, you want to engage the God of the Universe but you've heard there are things about you that keep you from Him? Let the extraordinary story of Acts 8 open your eyes, open your ears, and open your heart to the reality that you, yes YOU, can be fully immersed in the life of [...]

Fresh thoughts concerning the second coming of Jesus, the resurrection of the body, and our hope.

It has begun! What, you ask? The Kingdom of God has drawn near...right in the middle of death and injustice, you and me. Matthew 11 shows Jesus using a veiled reference to Micah 2 to explain what this Gospel of the Kingdom is really all about. It's about living life, real life, smack in the [...]

Is the aim of an enlightened Christian to finally understand the mystery of the Kingdom of God? Or - is the aim simply to understand that it is a mystery? Jesus and John the Baptist have this very discussion in Matthew 11. Look and see...listen and hear.

What attracts God? A life of perfection? Doing only the right things? I have been surprised to discover that a dysfunctional life does not a disqualify a person with God. Biblically...theologically...it is dysfunction that is the invitation for God to come hover over your life.

What does it really mean to be "saved"? Take a look at Matthew 1 and Matthew 28 as bookends signifying the simplicity of the Gospel - the hope and promise that God saves. Why? Because God is with us.

It's a parable that has been preached and re-preached...because of this, The Prodigal Son from Luke 15 has lost its edge of effectiveness in many settings. Let's take the stone of history to see if we can't bring back the razor sharp edge that has allowed this parable of Jesus to cut through the hardened [...]

David wrote a song. It was recorded and released as Psalm 23. Like all good songs, it has a hook - It is God, God Himself, who shepherds me! Take a fresh listen and may its images greatly enrich the album of your life.