Scripture reading for today: Genesis 22 - 25 Have you experienced any post-holiday blues, specifically the "jeans" blues? We've had the Thanksgiving-through-Christmas binging, and now our favorite jeans are snug. Don't you hate that? There's another kind of blues too--the "genes" blues. We're living during such an interesting time in history. Crime-solving television shows like CSI have taught … [Read more...] about January 3
January 11
Scripture reading for today: Malachi If you've joined me in reading through the book of Genesis, I wonder if you notice the cycle of shame. The book starts out promising. Creator God pauses as He creates and cries out - "It is good!" - (as He makes man in his own image). Adam waxes poetic about his beautiful, newly minted bride. "CEO of the garden" must have been an awesome career path. Then … [Read more...] about January 11
January 16
Scripture reading for today: Matthew 8-9; Psalm 90 Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples. Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!" Jesus responded, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and … [Read more...] about January 16
January 24
Scripture reading for today: Matthew 26 - 28; Psalm 97 "Addiction is about wanting to be hungry, about the need to be unsatisfied. This, it turned out, was the truth that, for the longest time, I sought to deny." William Leith - author of The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict (Gotham) Denial: Denial is so much more than a river in Egypt! It's that stubborn propensity to see things … [Read more...] about January 24
January 4
Scripture reading for today: Genesis 26 - 29 Philippians was written by Paul. I'd recommend that you take a moment and read the first chapter in this little book of the New Testament. You'll recall that Paul, a devout Jew and Roman citizen (a lot of interesting implications packaged in those two truths) once lived for the purpose of persecuting Christians. He thought this was, as we say at … [Read more...] about January 4
January 25
Scripture reading for today: Haggai and Psalm 98 I'm currently reading a book that challenges everything I believe. My son is reading a book written by a famous agnostic philosopher, and the author is also sharing a perspective wildly different from what we usually read around our house. (My son is reading this book because of a lyric in a song; go figure.) No doubt you're tempted to suggest … [Read more...] about January 25