Fitting The Pieces Together

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalm 119:15–16 ASV Are you a 350 piece jigsaw person? Or are you a serious jigsaw-puzzler and nothing less than 1,000 pieces will do? Putting together...

I Have Good News And Bad News

Moses on the good news and bad news of God’s commandments: “The good news: I kept him down to ten. The bad news: adultery stays. No Joke: Making Jewish Humor, Ruth Wisse [Paraphrased]

The Alt Tour

I am able to all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 The Tour de France is a grueling competition.  23 days. 2,100 miles through the mountains to Paris. 150,000 feet of climbing.  Rain. Heat. Crashes. Le Tour is widely considered one of...

If At First

The Holy Spirit is determined that we will have the realization of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives, and He will bring us back to the same point over and over again until we do. A spiritually vigorous saint never believes that his circumstances simply happen at...

Shabbat Shalom

Then Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went as usual to the synagogue. Luke 4:16 GNT On this Sabbath, let’s get some perspective. We view the Church as just one piece of the tapestry of our lives. It is not so. The...

Grace, Glory, And Righteousness

For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. Psalm 84:11 NLT