Tag Archives: forgiveness
I recently heard an outstanding discussion about disability and faith on the Unbelievable podcast (1). It was a powerful show because it challenged the way I had previously viewed disability. The guests on the show shared the discomfort they felt when others would approach them and pray for their healing. Since healing doesn’t always come, prayers for restoration left…..
It seems that every several weeks we are treated to another politician being strung up for a youthful indiscretion. The opposing party finds the proceedings quite entertaining as they watch them, “eat their own,” but unbeknownst to them a political roast of their own making is in the oven waiting to be served up. I find this quite interesting because…..
I am a bit tired of all the name-calling and ad hominem attacks that I hear coming from both sides of the political aisle. My conclusion, however, isn’t that democracy is broken but rather that the people trying to implement it are fallen. Political infighting doesn’t make government bad; it just shows that the justice league has become a den of robbers.
We all live in glass houses so let’s be…..
I am so proud of the women of Hollywood who have come forward to expose those who would use power and position to dishonor women and steal innocence from children. It takes a lot of courage to put reputation and livelihood on the line to stand up for what is right. I am sad that they had to go…..
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face who will prepare your way,
the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’” (Mark 1: 3)
John the Baptist came to straighten crooked paths for the Messiah. He knew that the world had…..
Why is our ability to forgive inversely related to our age? Why could we beat each other up as 6 year olds and then get together and play the very next day as if nothing happened, yet, when we reach adulthood, we can be offended by some ill chosen words and go to the grave bitter. Jesus individually forgave people during His ministry, but after being savagely tortured during His crucifixion and death He forgave the entire world. I think we could all learn a lesson from Jesus…..
The idea of redemption has its origin in the image of God because you cannot regain or restore that which you never had. Everyone has been created in God’s image, so everyone has a horse in this race. We all hope to enter the winner’s circle, but sadly hear gunshots in the distance announcing the fate of a fellow traveller whose broken worldview leg can no longer bear the weight of truth.
We have soiled the image in which we…..
