Thursday, February 19. Matthew 12:15-32. Jesus is turning the world upside down. That is our theme for Lent this year. Do you know what happens when you turn the world upside down? The people who thought they were on top are suddenly on the bottom. That doesn’t...
I met with my thesis advisor and one of the readers on my panel yesterday to discuss the state of my dissertation. The question that had the most emotional impact came when my reader asked, “How important is it that you graduate this May as opposed to next...
Ash Wednesday, February 18. Matthew 18:1-9. Would you like to be a child again? It is not uncommon for high school students and adults to say, “wouldn’t it be great to be a kid again. Not a care in the world.” Let’s face it. Kids in our country...
I did this sketch a couple years ago, but just realized I had never put the video on my site. This combines two of my passions: drawing and listening to Andy McKee. This sketch was done in the procreate app on my iPad using a Wacom Creative Intuous Stylus....
Tuesday, February 17. Matthew 12:1-14. Jesus was a trouble maker. Today’s reading shows us two examples of how Jesus made the religious leaders furious. Both stories have to do with the same theme: Jesus chose mercy over following the rules. The law of Moses...
I’m back from a seven-day digital fast. Yep, no Facebook, Twitter, email, YouTube, web surfing for seven days. It was good. I highly recommend it. The plan was to be completely disconnected for seven days. That plan was changed when I received word from my...
Monday, February 16. Psalm 41:1-10. This is a big week in the life of the church. In two days we will observe Ash Wednesday and begin the forty-day journey of Lent. This is a time when we are reminded that “from dust we came and from dust we will return.”...
I am taking a digital fast from Sunday evening, February 8 through Sunday Evening, February 15. That means I will not be writing a daily devo during this time. I encourage you to continue your daily Bible reading. Here is the reading schedule. See you in a week!...
I’ve been in suspended animation for the last three weeks. I sent a draft of the dissertation to my advisor on January 17. I honestly had no idea if it was any good at all (this is my first rodeo, remember). Every day I’ve been beating back the debate in...
Friday, February 6. Matthew 8:28-9:8. Last week I was at a conference where Nadia Bolz-Weber was one of the main speakers. She talked about this passage and wondered if demon possession happens today. Then she told the story of her own struggle with depression. It was...
