An old movie I recently watched featured a scene where the two protagonists were fleeing a group of villainous ne’er-do-wells. They reached a point in their flight when they encountered a rickety rope bridge stretching across a vast chasm. Of course, this was their only means of escape so they reluctantly began a perilous journey …
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Sour Notes
I spent the better part of the day recently working on a music box. When I say “better part”, it is not because I spent the majority of the day so occupied, but rather that of those activities that filled my day, this was the comparatively better part. Musical movements are remarkably simple in principle. …
When God Casts His Vote…
I was struck by a recent study in the Book of Daniel wherein God demonstrated his power over the kingdoms of the earth. As we in the United States are presented with a presidential election, it is striking that in this moment we are not faced with a selection among the best and the brightest, …
The Promise
I was already old when He called me. Too old, my wife Zipporah said; but you don’t say “no” to God – or at least you don’t finish with “no”. Now, Egypt was but a faint echo. Zipporah more distant, more remote. I brought the people out to this barren place. For forty years I …
Fire Up the Time Machine!
I’ve always been fascinated with time, and more specifically, the concept of time travel. That we live our lives, free to move within the first three dimensions of space, but are held captive in the fourth dimension of time, seems so frustrating. God is proof that movement is possible in the fourth dimension, for how …
It’s an Emergency!
We live in peculiar times. I watched an online service yesterday from a church that I sporadically attended pre-Covid and was struck by what the government has done. I would have said “our” government, but how long has it been since anyone could claim a stake in the system in charge? We used to brag …
Dad’s Coming
When I was a child I used to enjoy playing with my toys and would soon consume our living room with toy cars, building blocks, and other toys as I fashioned my own world of imagination. However, dominating that room from its place above the fireplace was a large golden sunburst clock. As the time …
God’s Multivitamin
For the longest time, a verse from Paul’s first letter to the church at Thessaloniki has kept coming to mind. It is the verse that reads “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word …
Forgiveness and Absolution
We have all heard the biblical accounts of Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. Some have argued that Judas was fulfilling God’s will, since Jesus had to be sacrificed to atone for our sins. No Judas, no salvation. Although that argument has validity, the same argument could be made for Pharaoh in the time of …
Pride and Prejudice
This is outside my typical area of commentary, and I confess to being less inspired by Holy Spirit than by the seeming irrationality of the situation. A judge once told me that I had a gift for the obvious, so bear with me if I pause to exercise that gift.The world is unraveling and we …
