I stared at the empty bucket suspended over the splash pool. Fed with trickles of water through two apple-red pipes, the large pail hung slightly off-center. Underneath, adults and children clamored together like the sick by the pool of Bethesda. Above them, the water gradually filled the container, then dumped cool refreshment to anyone standing below. “This is a picture of …
Holy Father, You created me in the Image of the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Not only am I formed with a spirit, a soul, and a body, Your desire is also to see me interconnected with other God-followers (Genesis 1:26; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Corinthians 12:13). The problem is that I talk about unity in theory, but find …
Amanda Walker returns this week with passion and a punch. Her heart is truly Hungry For More of Jesus. May every Christian drop sectarianism to allow the Spirit to live His Life within. This year has been a tough one. A reckoning has occurred in my small part of the world as I’ve struggled to know who to trust. I’ve …
Holy Father, Despite the turmoil around us, You stress unity. It was Your desire that we become one just as You are one with the Spirit and the Son (John 17:11, 21). Indeed, Father, this was the commandment that Your Son gave the disciples just before going to the cross. “A new commandment I give to you, that …
Our small town newspaper may have been the last of its kind. A main stay in the community, they not only circulated a weekly, rural chronicle, but their front office also sold Big Chief tablets, mod stationery, and mimeograph paper to the local populace. More than a mere publishing company, the Crosbyton Review was a reflection of our region’s three-thousand-residents …
I said it aloud, although there was no one present to hear. “My impatience is covered by Mark’s patience; and his sarcasm is softened by my sensitivity. In my areas of weakness, he is strong. In his areas of challenge, I am comfortable. What an amazing arrangement.” Although I’d been married only a few weeks, the Father thus began …
