I have always had a struggle with story of Hosea and Gomer. Why would God ask Hosea to marry what the King James version calls a Wonton woman? Then I read Frederick Buechner’s wonderful rendition of the story found in his book Peculiar Treasures.
Read MoreJesus was strolling out to the boat to join His disciples. Walking on the water seemed to be the logical way to get there but Peter got all excited and ask if he could do so as well and the story goes that he made it for a moment, then realized what he was doing and began to sink. The question is, did Jesus stop loving or accepting Peter when his faith wavered and he began to sink?
Read MoreSometimes I think God must have a sense of humor. Maybe He even decides to call our bluff on occasion. If you continue to follow these blogs you will discover that the Lord’s Prayer is very dear to me and actually dominates my own meager prayer life...
Read MoreMy imagination seems to run wild when I think of the man who ran the Inn the night Jesus was born. I think of him going to bed that night absolutely worn out but with a warm pride at how much business he had done in the last weeks or months. The emperor had declared that everyone
Read MoreI woke up one August morning realizing that I was now the pastor of the Baptist church in the town where I had graduated from college the previous May. I had been thrown into the deep end of the pool before I had any time to learn how to swim. I knew very little about a whole lot. I often say that the secret of my success...
Read MoreThere is an old joke that tells of three blind men who were healed by Jesus meeting. One man said, “He touched my eyes and I could see.” The second man said, “He put mud on my eyes and I could see.” The third man said, “He spit in my eyes and I could see.” That day saw the birth of three denominations, the touch-ites, the mud-ites, and the spit-ites.
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