Around Mother's Day, my family took me to the local nursery and let me buy an abundance of bedding flowers. The kids brought me breakfast in bed, and my husband Patrick made brunch...
In response to his disciples' yearning for position and power, Jesus called them to servanthood. "If you want to be a leader," he said, "then be a servant." Then, in order to illustrate and...
I remember being in college and watching a Public Television fundraiser event. For a donation of a certain amount, you would receive a thank you gift, in this case a set of Monty...
When James and John tried to obtain positions of honor alongside Jesus in the kingdom of God, the other disciples became indignant. No doubt they also wanted the kind of glory and power...
Irony abounds in this passage. Just as Jesus finished predicting his gruesome death, the mother of two of his closest disciples, with them in tow, asked that they might be honored more than anyone...
Jesus did not tell the story of the generous landowner to comment on the validity of human pay scales. He was not suggesting that, in real life, those who work little should be...
When Jesus said that it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven, his disciples were understandably...
Blake Coffee has a post online that made me laugh and think. He mentions the television show "What Not to Wear." I've seen this show with my daughters, and it's kind of funny...
Among the Pharisees in the time of Jesus, there was a debate over the legitimate grounds for divorce. Some scholars argued that a man could divorce his wife for any reason. Others claimed that...
"A place," the Bible calls it. Nondescript, middle of nowhere, Scripture marks it only as the place where Jacob laid his head for a night's rest. It was the first stop on Jacob's...
Early in his ministry, Jesus gathers his disciples and returns to his hometown of Nazareth, where he begins teaching at the synagogue.
Work isn't something you just get up and decide to do one day. It takes years of preparation before you can do it. It took me a long time to work my way...
One of the most powerful lessons I've learned on integrity came as a result of deceit.
I've often wondered if forgiveness should be the crucial mark of the church. Yes, Jesus said people will know us by our love. But in a sense, forgiveness is a particular expression of...
I hate it when God says no. And that day, He said "No" with an exclamation point. The winter sun shone through the clouds like a dirty tennis ball and glinted off the...
There are many challenges to doing church in the 21st century. One of the hardest is learning to recognize the influence of...
This might just be the most frequently disobeyed command of Jesus. Let me explain this rather audacious claim. Christians sin against each...
High Calling blogger J. Schaap writes about his love of digital photography, how it has changed him and how it has opened his eyes to the beauty of the world----------------------- ...
The parable of the lost sheep is most familiar to us in the form it takes in Luke 15:3-7. There the emphasis is upon the lost sheep who is found by the shepherd...
Some people can find the dark cloud in every silver lining. These individuals are all too ready to pounce on the latest idea or the smallest breakthrough—so they can tear it down. Let...
