I know a man who works just outside the center of Philadelphia. He was telling us about the many homeless and other derelict people who inhabit the streets near where he works. He is often pan-handled as he makes his…
Have you been sucked in by the drama of “Housewives”? Either in the semi-reality display on our cable TV or in the comfort of our own neighborhoods, sometimes even in our church families, it plays out. We would like to…
Something from nothing. That is the way He began our story and it is the way of unfolding ever since. It’s what we can’t extract, pin-point, or make in a test tube. It’s elusive, invisible, and yet ~ it’s everything. …
But God has given us his Spirit. That’s why we don’t think the same way that the people of this world think. That’s also why we can recognize the blessings that God has given us. 1 Corinthians 2:11-13 It is…
A short time after I became a believer a friend gave me a little booklet by Amy Carmichael, called “If”. It was a tough book for a new Christian to read because it is primarily a series of challenges to…