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The Kingdom of Heaven is Like…
The parable of the sower is refreshing to read if I quit thinking like an American. If I think of this as an American, I’m wondering why this dumb farmer throws seed in places that aren’t conducive to growth. I wonder what’s wrong with the seed. I miss the point. But in sowing seed, the message of the Kingdom, we…
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The Kingdom of God
From this coming Sunday to at least Pentecost Sunday I will be doing a series on the Holy Spirit. In Acts 1, Jesus spent his time between the resurrection and the ascension talking to the disciples about the Kingdom of God. He reiterated what they hadn’t paid attention to when he was with them for three years. (Call it a…
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Good Friday Thoughts
These words from Pope Benedict on Good Friday: ‘We are shocked to see to what levels of brutality human beings can sink,’ said the Pope at an evening ceremony at the Coliseum in Rome.‘Jesus is humiliated in new ways even today when things that are most holy and profound in the faith are being trivialised, the sense of the sacred…
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Good Friday Thoughts
These words from Pope Benedict on Good Friday: ‘We are shocked to see to what levels of brutality human beings can sink,’ said the Pope at an evening ceremony at the Coliseum in Rome.‘Jesus is humiliated in new ways even today when things that are most holy and profound in the faith are being trivialised, the sense of the sacred…
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Remember
Lord, thank you for the cross. Your life of sacrifice, your giving for our sins, your willingness… all of it blows me away. I am in awe of your love. Let me reflect today on your willingness and love. Let me live in that spirit… a spirit of loving and giving.
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Remember
Lord, thank you for the cross. Your life of sacrifice, your giving for our sins, your willingness… all of it blows me away. I am in awe of your love. Let me reflect today on your willingness and love. Let me live in that spirit… a spirit of loving and giving.
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This One is for Roy
I am ALWAYS a Kansas fan… unless Roy Williams is NOT playing Kansas. Then, I am a HUGE Roy Williams fan. From the moment he came to KU in 1989 and took a program on probation and molded it into a perennial powerhouse, I have loved the way this man has coached and mentored and lived his life. It broke…
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This One is for Roy
I am ALWAYS a Kansas fan… unless Roy Williams is NOT playing Kansas. Then, I am a HUGE Roy Williams fan. From the moment he came to KU in 1989 and took a program on probation and molded it into a perennial powerhouse, I have loved the way this man has coached and mentored and lived his life. It broke…
