“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” – Anne Lamott Psalm 119:105 — His word is a light to the path ahead of me. Just as in the days of old, when they would attach small lamps to their sandals so that each step…
Author: Joshua
Lenten Reflection XII: Wait…This is All Wrong!
Jesus got it all wrong. Wasn’t He was supposed to come as a king? That’s what everyone was taught. They were taught that Someone was coming to rescue them from the oppression of their enemies; out from under the thumb of the Roman Empire. He comes to the earth with neither pomp nor grandeur. Born…
Lenten Reflection XI: Established
Thoughts on Psalm 119:89-90 Whenever I am driving around town, there’s a shop that always catches my eye. It’s called Mattress FIRM. I’m not sure why they have chosen to emphasize the word firm (complete with a sweeping underscore on the logo), because some people like soft mattresses. A lot of people don’t like the…
Lenten Reflection X: Painting the Closet — a Lesson in Humility
The lamp of the Lord searches the spirit of a man, it searches out his innermost being — Solomon (Proverbs 20:27) The thing about tool rooms is they are like a treasure trove of amazing stuff that you collect because you might need at some point (and often do). We have such a tool room…