“The beggar couldn’t see, but he shouted ALL THE MORE. Zacchaeus couldn’t see, so he got ALL THE MORE taller. Jesus responds to the ALL THE MORE.”
Category: grace
This Is the Gospel
“We’re going to have a wonderful time! My son is here – given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!’ And they began to have a wonderful time!”
In a Snapshot
“It was glorious. In a snapshot, we all believed people’s lives were changed or being changed by the grace, mercy, truth & power of God that met them as they arose from the water with new life. Alleluia.”
Plenty Left Over
John 2: 1-11 When we lived in Albertville and Eli was in college and Anna was in high school, we cooked supper one night for Anna’s friends. They all gathered in our house to study together and watch movies after supper. April had already planned to make spaghetti. Anna wasn’t sure how many of the friends were coming. She…
Something’s Going to Happen
Luke 7: 36-50 When I’m learning something or needing to accomplish something through a sequential procedure that I’m not familiar with then I’m comfortable with formulas (A+B=C). I remember my mother would be asked to bake a cake for the women’s group at her church. She always agreed because she would say the baked cakes others would…
Is Access Enough?
John 12: 20-26 Today, it all started with some Greek people who attended worship in Jerusalem during Passover wanted to see Jesus. I’ve been a big fan of Bob Dylan since I was in high school. I’ve seen him in concert five times. The most recent time was two years ago with our son in…
Crosses and Costs
Mark 8: 31-38 A husband says to his wife, “I don’t want to brag, but here it is February, and I’ve kept every one of my New Year’s resolutions. I’ve kept them in a manila folder in the back of my desk.” Some of us make resolutions like one man said to his friend, “There’s…
No Regret This Time
Genesis 9: 8-17; Mark 1: 9-15 Talking to a suntanned resident of New Mexico about the weather in Albuquerque, the tourist asked, “Doesn’t it ever rain here?” The native replied, “Mister, do you remember the story of Noah and the Ark, and how it rained forty days and forty nights?” “Of course, I do,” the…
Psalm 102 in The Message 