A bunch of things came together for me today. It began with the scripture this morning from Philippians 1 – Paul speaking of conflicting desires – a desire to be with Christ and out of the world and a desire to be with the brothers […]
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Imago Scriptura 71 – Job 25-27 – Marks
Sometimes you just know when things have been done right. There are obvious signs that you have done it right. There is something external that reflects that truth. The picture for today is one of those. I tried smoking a pork loin for dinner tonight […]
Imago Scriptura 62 – Greater than One
One person can make a difference, but an even greater difference comes when we work with others. In the story of Esther the last few days, Mordecai would not have been able to make the differ he made in rescuing the Jews from destruction without […]
Imago Scriptura 46 – Different Kingdoms
The reading from 2 Kings today was hard to read. 2 Kings 17 tells the story of what feels like a “final straw” where King Hoshea is deposed by the Assyrians and the residents of the Kingdom of Israel are taken into exile. Verses 7-21 […]
Imago Scriptura 44 – Whisper
Reading yesterday’s passage from 1 King’s 19-20, I thought of myself and my experience the last several years. We read in 1 Kings 19 of Elijah fleeing the attacks and persecution of King Ahab. In 19:10, Elijah responds to the Lord with this, “I have […]
Imago Scriptura 23 – History
In my office hangs a photo taken by my grandfather of the Aspen in Colorado. I love having the picture hang there – it connects me with my family and my home state but it also connects me with the one who passed along a […]
Gratitude 27 – Inexhaustible
Today – I am thankful for inexhaustible beauty. Today I’ve seen examples of this in parents playing with their young children, beautiful reflections in a building’s window, and in the sunset that I saw tonight. I am grateful that there is an inexhaustible amount of […]
Gratitude 26 – Blinding
Gratitude 26 – Bright I have written a lot recently about finding God in the everyday, in the simple, in the things that we need to be looking for lest we miss them. I also wrote yesterday about the curiosity of wondering what was beyond […]
Gratitude 24 – Fleetingly Ordinary
I went for an early walk this morning and was enjoying the crisp air and the sun reflecting on the frost covered surfaces. But this one surface made me stop. At first glance it’s just an ordinary guardrail that’s gotten fairly rusty over time. But […]
Gratitude 23 – Gratitude
One of the really fun things that has happened over the last month is the responses I have received from friends and family about gratitude. I have received some wonderful feedback from people on social media and in person, from family members who follow what […]
Gratitude 22 – Peanuts
Before the kids went to youth group tonight, we did our annual viewing of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I’ve watched it pretty much every year that I can remember as has My wife and the kids. Yet we always laugh at the same parts – […]
Gratitude 21 – Movies
Our family movie night last night was watching Wall-E – a movie that I truly never get tired of watching. I adore the film and especially the two scenes of Wall-E touching the rings of Saturn and then him and Eva “dancing” outside the Axiom. […]
