The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.” —Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees One of the winter activities our family enjoyed pre-COVID was what we called Soup Saturdays. We’d put out…
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8 NIV) Often used in the context of social justice, this passage reads like a road map for righteous living. With three imperative…
The title of this post comes from the May 6 entry of Oswald Chambers’ devotional My Utmost for His Highest. These poignant words caused me to remember how gently and tenderly God dealt with me when I previously walked away from him. God drew me back into his fold with a perfectly timed invitation to…
In recent months, I’ve found myself mentally replaying a scene from the cult classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail titled “She’s a Witch!” As the scene opens, three villagers are excited at the prospect of burning a witch at the stake. They’re seeking the permission of Bedevere to complete their mission. Here is how…
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Eph. 4:32 ESV) Loaded down with a megaphone, a first-aid bag, and a heavy heart, I trudged around the playground. Recess duty was never one of my favorite tasks, and on that particular day, the job felt especially burdensome. After…
“The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Christ, some of the other great Jewish teachers, Buddha, all preached it. Their followers forgot it. What is the trouble between capital and labor, what is the trouble in many of…