Sometimes my beliefs seem crazy. What Christians believe have the surface appearance of really farfetched tales of fiction. I sense this sometimes when speaking to one of my grandchildren about heaven and hell, creation, angels and demons, and more. Stranger than that are the people of biblical record. One man built an ark before the…
Read moreSurprise! Unwrapping God’s Presence
God came to us as a stranger. Nobody expected to see the Messiah come in the way He came. God fulfilled the prophecies about Himself but not in ways anyone could grasp. Really, not even those closest to Jesus understood who He really was, not until after the resurrection. Even then the realization came slowly….
Read moreTHE GARDENS OF THE LORD
CHAPTER ONE: A GARDEN CALLED EDEN When God created the heavens and the earth, He made an especially beautiful, delightful place. He put a lot of thought into its design, its function, its beauty. He planned and dreamed about it with an expectant, loving heart. It turned out to be a paradise. It wasn’t…
Read moreShining
Philippians 2:15: “… so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world . . .”
Read moreSpring and New Beginnings
During a walk through my lovely community, I thought about how extraordinary it is that Easter falls on the cusp of spring, announcing it as a time of hope bursting with new beginnings. Jesus had a plan from the start, didn’t He? Our Jewish savior used Passover to put in place a picture-story that would be more…
Read moreWhy God Came
This is a love story. The answer to why God came to earth is at once simple and profound. Simple because it takes eyes of faith to see the truth. Profound because it takes eyes of love to see the depths of the matter. God came to earth to save us. But the manner and way He came is what won our hearts…
Read moreLIVING IN GOD’S STORY – A New Year Closer to the Climax
I couldn’t agree more with Shakespeare’s idea that our world is a stage and each one of us are its players.[1] Our choices and their consequences become subplots within the epic drama the Author is writing. I thought about that today while reflecting on the year behind me and considering the one ahead. And to…
Read moreThe Wonder and Beauty of Knowing God
For a couple of decades I’ve enjoyed intimacy with God. It has, however, been impossible to experience this without bringing the Creator down to my own level, in human terms, so to speak. But how else can any of us even dare to experience knowing Him? After I believed in Him as my personal Savior, I wanted to live…
Read moreJesus Today – What is He up to? Is He in authority in heaven and on earth?
It’s been weeks since I blogged. I paused working on the new book Come and See, leaving off with the voice of Jesus during His first miracle that publicly began His reign as Sovereign over the earth. It was His first public act of supernatural authority. So extravagantly done, it was actually humorous of Him. With…
Read moreThe Extravagant Bridegroom (the story of Jesus’ first miracle)
As I promised, here is the next excerpt from the devotional book I’m working on titled COME AND SEE. In the future I hope to have a separate page for these excerpts, and I’ll let you know when it is in place. That way, you’ll be able to read all the chapters as I get…
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