Everyone might like the idea of taking a permanent vacation, but in reality work has been part of God's plan for mankind from the beginning.The Lord God took the man and put him...
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I love this passage. It’s one of my favorites in Scripture, and I’ll tell you why. First of all, I like how honest it is in its portrayal of Moses. Here is one...
Our newest high calling blogger, Milton Brasher-Cunningham doesn't want you to eat alone. In fact, that's the name of his long-standing blog: Don't Eat Alone. He's a professional chef in Durham,...
In Psalm 38, David makes a strong connection between his devastating physical illness and his sin. Apparently, he had sinned in some particularly egregious way. As a result, he became terribly sick...
In the latter part of Exodus 3, the Lord reveals his plan to rescue the Israelites from Egypt and lead them to...
Yesterday I began to reflect on the name of God. At the burning bush, when Moses asked God about his name, God responded by saying that his name was I AM WHO I...
When God promised to be with Moses in his mission to free the Israelites from Egypt, Moses anticipated his reception among his people, and he was concerned: “If I go to the people...
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In yesterday’s post, I reflected on Moses’ hesitation when God sent him to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. I wondered if, considering the proposal of Robert McKenna in Dying to Lead, a certain...
When we left off in Exodus, Moses had just come upon the burning bush in the wilderness. God had spoken to him, conveying the good news that he had heard the cries of...
At first glance, Exodus 3:7-8 contains great news. The Lord has seen the mistreatment of his people. He has heard their cries and knows their suffering. For this reason, he has chosen to rescue...
Psalm 34:8 invites us to “taste and see that the LORD is good.” This leads me to wonder how I can take the psalmist up on his offer. How can I taste God...
In King Lear, Shakespeare’s Gloucester says, “I stumbled when I saw.” Newly blind, he recognizes his old way of seeing the world led to his fall from courtly power. Behind him stands the...
I want to stay with the theme “When No One Is Watching” for another day, because it touches upon a crucial issue in our time of history. In our mobile, technological society, we...
Surely in the story of Moses' killing of the brutal slave master we see some of his honorable qualities, such as his loyalty to his people and his anger over injustice. But we...
When I was a boy, this story was a Sunday School favorite. After all, the main characters were children, like me. One floated in a basket that begged to be imitated with construction...
Cedar Waxwings are brownish birds with black masks and pale yellow bellies. They are frugivorous—fruit eaters. Those bellies of pale yellow are full of berries! And sometimes those berries...
