Mentored by the Young!
I have had the privilege recently to travel back to Princeton Reunions! It’s always a great reminder of the “inheritance” I have in “the saints.” Alumni from the Princeton Christian Fellowship have been extended family to us and to our children for decades. In the...
When God’s Law Doesn’t Feel Life Giving
In my last post, I alluded to commands of God which don’t feel life giving. What did I have in mind? I think of anything which denies me something that I want. We don’t need to stretch our imagination very far to come up with many examples. I will give two. The...
Living Happily Under God’s Authority
The Christian God is a God who claims authority over our lives. That’s an unattractive way to start a post, isn’t it? (I will propose that God’s authority brings beauty at the end of this piece!) But really, we see his authority from the opening chapters of the...
The Good Place
Bill and I just finished watching The Good Place, all four seasons. It is a comedy about four humans who die and go to the good place, or so they are told when they arrive. One of them, Eleanor Shellstrop, immediately realizes that she did not deserve to be there,...
“He Gets Us”
Bill and I subscribed to Peacock in February, so that we could watch the Olympics and the Super Bowl. One by-product of watching both is getting to see the commercials. I always notice the commercials about Jesus, with the tag line “He Gets Us.” All of the ones I...
Psalm 32 – Blessed!
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long....