Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Nothing could stifle my enthusiasm for Monday morning. Even when I woke up the night before with leg cramps so excruciating that they caused me to faint and subsequently vomit. Even though it was the weekend to “spring forward” (what a misnomer) Continue Reading…
Philippians 3:13-14 “…forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal….” The atmosphere pulsed with electricity. A sea of white shirts and waving pompoms invited football fans to join the frenzied echo of WE ARE…PENN STATE! The white-out game at Beaver Stadium between Continue Reading…
Matthew 14:8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” Injustice isn’t supposed to happen. God never created the world to be rife with it. He loves justice (Isaiah 61:8). All his works are just; not even a trace of Continue Reading…
1 Chronicles 21:13 “Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.” I’ve always been intrigued by trials and courtrooms. I’m one of the few people I know who has never been called for jury duty but Continue Reading…
Job 34:36 “Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost…” Guilty until proven innocent. No, that’s not a typo. I’d like to say the rush to judgment on people simply accused of wrongdoing is a sign of the times, but viewing others through the prism of “circumstantial evidence” has Continue Reading…
Romans 5:20 “…But where sin increased, grace increased all the more.” “He was a great kid, always smiling…” These words describe Martin Richard, the 8-year old boy who died in the Boston Marathon bombing. His death captured for me, perhaps more than anything, the horrific nature of the tragedy. The Continue Reading…
Isaiah 16:5 “In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it—one from the house of David—one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.” Justice—that’s all I ask—justice. So speaks the rich voice of Denzel Washington in an audio clip Continue Reading…
Hebrews 12:24 “…to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” Jesus’ blood or Abel’s? That’s the question the author of Hebrews poses to us. Will we chose the blood of Christ that offers redemption and Continue Reading…
