DOWN TO EARTH BELIEVER

• “God is in the Details” October 11, 2024
  “The devil is in the details.” (A general saying, often quoted by lawyers, reporters, and negotiators.) “God is in the details.” (Me, almost certainly not original.) “Luke 12:7 Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.” (Jesus) God does not micromanage, but God […]
• “Grandma’s Pump” October 8, 2024
  When I was a little critter, I would stay at my grandma’s house for a night or two sometimes. I liked this for a lot for many reasons. One thing I liked about staying with her was that Grandma’s house was much more technologically advanced than ours was. For one thing, she had indoor water—sort […]
• “Wearing the #14 Wrong-Side-Out” October 5, 2024
  Pete Rose, #14, is dead. Many of the old guys with whom I play softball watched him play and appreciated him greatly. I do as well. He was one of the greatest players who ever played the game. Yes, he admitted (eventually) to betting on baseball. But many of us still regard him as one […]
• “Passing Along the Love (and a Link)” October 4, 2024
  Several years ago, a friend of mine put me onto a daily meditation by Richard Rohr and friends. I don’t read them all the time, but I probably should. They are good! I thought that today’s writing was especially good, and I also figured that this would be a good way to post something. I […]
• “Witnessing Versus Being Witnesses” September 19, 2024
  “Acts 1:1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, Acts 1:2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. Acts 1:3 He presented himself alive to them after […]
• “A Bathroom Prayer for Hurting Hands” September 11, 2024
  A week ago Sunday, my hands were hurting so badly at church that I went to the bathroom to run hot water over my hands. Arthritis perhaps, or carpal tunnel, or general orneriness—I don’t know why my hands hurt, but they do. They have for years. So, while I was running hot water over my […]
• “Waiting and Seeking” September 10, 2024
  “Lam. 3:19 ¶ Remember my affliction and my wanderings,                         the wormwood and the gall! Lam. 3:20       My soul continually remembers it                         and is bowed down within me. Lam. 3:21       But this I call to mind,                         and therefore I have hope: Lam. 3:22 ¶    The steadfast love of the LORD […]
• “A Pastor or a Teacher?” September 8, 2024
  I went to the Asbury University President’s Brunch yesterday morning with Sharon. It was billed as a non-fundraiser. I have learned to be skeptical of such claims. However, it really wasn’t a fundraiser! It was a wonderful time. The university paid for everything, including valet parking. It was good to meet new people, all of […]
• “Even When We Mess Up” September 8, 2024
  One of my students in the Luke-Acts course I’m teaching right now online made a very perceptive comment in a post to another student’s work. She and the other student, Mackenzie, agreed on an excellent point: God can even use our mess-ups for his purposes and glory.  Here is Victoria’s comment: “Mackenzie, your perspective on […]
• “On Playing Chimes and Being Jesus” September 6, 2024
  “John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. John 13:35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (English Standard Version) One of my students did […]

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