Have you ever wondered why Jesus would ask a question, especially one he already knows the answer to? This series looks at the places where Jesus asks a question in the Gospel of Mark.
Archives for 2014
High Five for Friday 12/12/2014
High Five for Friday! In no particular order, here’s a look back at some of my favorite things from this week for which I am grateful. My rescue kitties from the SPCA are warming up and settling in. My soccer team — University of Virginia Women — made it the championship game of the NCAA […]
High Five for Friday 12/5/2014
Here’s a look back at some of my favorite things from this week for which I am grateful.
Christmas
There’s nothing like the Christmas season to force you to face the fact that life is often neither joyful nor triumphant. It raises the question, what is the true meaning of Christmas?
You won’t always be pretty
I remember clearly the day I became invisible. Walking through the mail with my teenagers, all the females were noticing my son and and the males were noticing my daughter.
Nehemiah: Between two worlds
Nehemiah was caught between two worlds. How do you resolve that tension? Nehemiah lived a secure, safe, comfortable, powerful life when we meet him in chapter 1 of the Old Testament book that bears his name. As cupbearer to King Artaxerxes, the most powerful man of his day, Nehemiah tasted the king’s food and drink […]
High Five for Friday 11/07/2014
High Five for Friday! Here’s a look back at some of my favorite things from this week for which I am grateful. Terrible Love, a movie my son edited, won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Austin Film Festival. How cool is that! It’s like winning the People’s Choice award! My […]
Meet Nehemiah: How do you say hello?
Nehemiah is one of the few Old Testament books with sections written in the first person. It’s interesting how Nehemiah introduces himself.
High Five For Friday 10/31/2014
High Five for Friday! Here’s a look back at some of my favorite things from this week for which I am grateful.
High Five for Friday 10/24/2014
High Five for Friday! Here’s a look back at some of my favorite things from this week for which I am grateful. Terrible Love, a movie my son edited, made its world debut at the Austin Film Festival. Terrible Love was picked as one of the top 5 films to watch at the festival […]
Does Spiritual Formation work? Answers from Haggai
“Spiritual formation” is a hot topic today. But does it work? The Old Testament prophet Haggai would answer no. Spiritual formation is “an intentional Christian practice with the goal of developing spiritual maturity that leads to Christ-likeness.” This theology is based on the premise that doing certain practices (typically daily prayer, fasting, solitude, confession and/or […]
High Five for Friday 10/17/2014
High Five for Friday! Here’s some of my favorite things from this past week and what I’m grateful for.