A dozen years ago I went with about twenty-five believers on a pilgrimage to Israel and beyond. I was greatly moved to discover how seeing places of Jesus’ ministry enabled me to remember, ponder, interpret, and commune. One thing that I brought back home was a placemat which I have on the dinner table. It … Read more
Jesus was not only an idealist. He was also a realist. He had his feet on the ground, and his knowledge of facts was excellent. And excellent knowledge includes some scientific knowledge. I believe that as the human Jesus grew up, he learned to be Watch the 3:50 video or listen to the podcast episode. … Read more
“Happy mourning” sounds like a paradox. Let’s probe Jesus’ beatitude: mourning for past, present, future, for self and others, extreme affliction and daily sensitivity and responsiveness to human need.
Hackathon teamwork led to four divinity breakthroughs that I experienced.
A quickened video tells of facing anxiety and getting a sudden illumination, plus a method for dealing with anxiety when such a dramatic intervention does not occur.
The prophets have often called people back to to spiritual basics–the faith of a child–when the people refused. The consequences can be devastating, but God is ready to save and bless when we turn, get with the plan, and begin again with the faith of a child.
There are times when we totally love God, and then there are other times. I grew up with the command to love God with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. The command was not presented in a fearsome and judgmental context, but in a kind and gentle way. It registered on my … Read more
All things are becoming new. I am no longer in the philosophy of living business. That business has been bought out by a new preaching start-up. The former employee will be retained, and intellectual communion will continue, but everything is now subordinated to the proclamation of the universal family—the fatherhood of God and the … Read more
Jesus made the world friendlier. He revealed how to live as a child of God, and following in this way, we discover that our Father in heaven is also a friend within. And divine friendship is equally open to women as well as men. Jesus showed us how to transform our consciousness of duty. In … Read more