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…

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…

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…

It’s the second week of Lent, Day 14. Today we focus on gratitude. Yesterday was the last day of February and a day to observe the first of the spring Ember Days. There are three objectives for Embers Days during this time: the first is to thank God for the season of Spring — the…