Mighty Hero

Scared. Hungry. Oppressed. Hiding while trying to thresh wheat with a winepress. What a sad and pitiful scene. In the natural, we see a cowardly man, trying to eke out an existence in a dire situation. Later we learn this man, Gideon, sees himself as insignificant. He thought of his clan as weak and himself as the least in his family. Not only did he have self-esteem issues, he doubted...

Flawed Heroes

What lesson is the Lord teaching me in this season? How to honor and love flawed leaders. As a math teacher, I love absolutes. In movies, I want my good guys to be good and my bad guys to be bad. I don’t have patience for a vigilante hero. But in life, no one is absolutely good or absolutely evil. Alas, our heroes in life are all flawed. Parents may...