What’s In It for Me?

What’s In It for Me?

I’ve found that one of the strange benefits of reading the Gospels is that it makes me so very ashamed. Christ came to us in the flesh, and one of the things that never, ever crossed His mind was what was in it for Him. The great love He had for a humanity that...

Simple Lessons

Simple Lessons

At times I admire the simplest things because they often contain the greatest lessons. We have a comical groundhog that lives at the base of our backyard bur oak tree. At its very top is a squirrel’s nest, high above even our home. A few bunnies visit, and a nursery...

Beneath the Angels

Beneath the Angels

I’ve noticed a quiet order woven into Creation, a ladder of glory stretching from the dust of the earth to the throne of Heaven. Our God sits above all things, eternal and uncreated, speaking galaxies into existence with a single word. Beneath Him are the...