Painful Days – A Reflection

Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am wretched.  Heal me, for my limbs are stricken.  Psalm 6:2  Robert Alter My limbs – On the 30th of April of this year, I wrote a piece about the excruciating pain I was experiencing in my left knee.  I asked for your prayers (thank you).  I wrote…

A Crisis of Faith?

I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8 NASB Faith – (I apologize.  This is long) Are you familiar with the common sentiment that the Christian world is having a crisis of faith? Pundits point…

CUTS BOTH WAYS

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 My wife and I have recently experienced the trauma of a life-changing…

Making It Real

Reflections from a few years ago Yesterday I lost my job. It doesn’t really matter that I lost it because the ministry ran out of funds. The reality is still the same. No income. The bills don’t stop just because the ministry ended. But the confidence that I had for the last year and a…