Food is often the centerpiece of fun and fellowship with friends, family or coworkers. Meals anchor events of big and small proportions. People’s lives are scheduled around eating, be it consumed in solitude or among large crowds. Sometimes the very homes people live in are designed primarily around eating spaces. Without question, food and daily…
Baptism
I have a book in my library called The Waters That Divide. It isn’t a book about the Red Sea but rather about the waters of baptism and how churches have understood baptism differently over the centuries. Some churches have tied their practice of baptism to church tradition while others have been swayed by what…
Men and Power – Biblical Principals
Looking Back Growing up as I did in an intensely competitive environment presented opportunities, challenges and questions for me and my friends. For everyone in school, there was extreme competition to get the best grades and to excel in sports. Most of this was driven by parents. Then there was intense effort to get into…
Finding Jesus in Busyness
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She…