An Easter Devotional Communion, or the Lord’s Supper, has always been a holy and solemn event to me, thanks largely to my grandfather. I would not say that Pastor Bill Henager (my mother’s father) and I had a good many bonding moments. Ours was not the kind of grandfather/grandson relationship that led to many fishing…
Category: Jesus Christ
Merle Haggard, Barack Obama, Rainbow Stew, Utopia, and Easter
Eatin’ rainbow stew in a silver spoon,Underneath that sky of blue. We’ll all be drinkin’ free bubble-ubb, An’ eatin’ that rainbow stew. Reading the news —and the divergent opinions— regarding health care reform and the general direction of the country, that old Merle Haggard tune came to mind. It reminded me to beware the governmental…
But I am Poor and Needy
But I am poor and needy; Make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. Psa. 70:5 (NKJV) I saw him again today, this frail old man, dirty, heavily bearded, hollow-eyed and gaunt. He sits on the median of a busy intersection near my home, holding…
God in Sandals
Imagine the One Who spoke worlds into existence Mocked by His own creation. Imagined the one who gave the sheep his wool coat and the Polar Bear his fur Wrapped in ill-fitting clothes, shivering in a manger. Imagine the One who makes the heavens his throne and the earth his footstool Using a stone for…
Something to Believe
The faces all around me they don’t smile they just crackWaiting for our ship to come but our ship’s not coming back We do have time like pennies in a jar What are we saving for So give me something to believe Cause I am living just to breathe And I need something more To…
Outside the Camp with Christ
For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.Hebrews 13:11-13…
The Cross: God’s Answer to Our Questions
What does a Roman cross stabbed into the ground outside the gates of Jerusalem more than two thousand years ago have to do with anything going on in my life today? Everything!