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...
SuperPower Thankfulness
One day, I met a young mother. I knew the mother was experiencing some financial difficulty. Her daughter was pouting and decided to tattle on her mom. When I asked the little girl how she was doing, she said in her best pouty voice, “I only have two pairs of shoes.” I smiled and with all the excitement I could muster, I said, “ Wow, you have two pairs of...
Forgiveness is My Super Power
I wrote a couple of days ago we don’t have bad days, just bad moments. But I think it’s safe to say on this day in history, Jesus was having a bad day. Betrayed by a friend. Abandoned by his students. Denied by his buddy. Ridiculed. Beaten. Slapped. Spit upon. Lied upon. Sentenced to death. Crucified. But as He was dying, as He came to the end of this horrific...
Jesus Encounter
She literally lived on the wrong side of town. Samaria. The Jews avoided Samaria like the plague. Not only was she from the wrong side, she was a sinner amongst sinners. Shunned by her own people because of the severity of her sin. Today, like everyday, she made her way to the well in the middle of the day to avoid the condemning looks, the self-righteous stares, and the biting...