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…
The Good Shepherd
Tag: deliverance
Consuming Fire
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:28~29) This is what I call a “chewy”…
Daughter of the King or Drama Queen?
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…
From nothing
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. …
Fake Spring
With so many trees in the city, you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it…