When I was in my early twenties, I began to sense that God was leading me to enter the ordained ministry in the Presbyterian church. When I shared this with church leaders, they...
It must have happened a thousand times during my childhood. I'd be out playing with my friends in the early evening when...
Today, we return to our prayerful reading of Ephesians, picking up where we left off in July. As you may recall, we...
Today, we come to the end of the first half of Ephesians. Throughout many months, we have been reflecting our way through...
As we have considered Ephesians 3:20, we have seen that God "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or...
I'll never forget the very first time I drove a motorized vehicle. My friend's dad had just bought a motorcycle for riding off-road. It wasn't anything particularly powerful. As I recall, it was a...
We have now come to a biblical passage that has made a huge difference in my life. In 1991, when I began...
Last year, my friend Gaines did something either very heroic or very ludicrous. He was a programmer at Echo Valley, the part of Laity Lodge Youth Camp that serves teenagers. In this role, Gaines...
In Ephesians 3:18, Paul prays that we might "grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."...
In Ephesians 3:18, Paul prays that we would have the power "to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."
When I was in school, I was taught to avoid mixed metaphors. A mixed metaphor combines two metaphors in a way that...
Almost exactly fifty years ago, I went forward at a Billy Graham crusade in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. One might truly say I responded to the invitation to become a Christian or...
"If you want to be successful, you need to discover your inner power. You need to find the strength that is hidden within you. You need to believe in yourself. If you have...
Today's reflection will offer my final thoughts on how the church—including you—can reveal the manifold wisdom of God to the world (and...
Today is Independence Day in the United States. On this day, commonly called The Fourth of July, we Americans celebrate the signing...
Human beings and, indeed, the power that fills the cosmos, will not be inclined to believe our message unless they see evidence...
How can the church make God's wisdom known to the world and, indeed, to the whole cosmos? And, on a personal note...
When I was young, I loved watching Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on television. Though I enjoyed this show while at...
Ephesians 3:10 reveals God's intent to make known his "manifold wisdom" through the church "to the rulers...
In yesterday's reflection, we discovered a surprising twist in the mystery story of God's plan to restore and unify all things: "through...
