Our national debate about Terri Schiavo has caused us all to think more about the purposes of life, and specifically about how we ought to respond to suffering.Christians have long wrangled with questions about suffering: why does it exist; what purposes does it serve; what does it tell us about ... Continue reading
A very Good Friday
March 25, 2005 By 1 Comment
They had hitched their wagons to a star, and now that star had become a flaming meteor, exploding over their heads and threatening to incinerate them all.Mere days earlier, this Jesus, this Rabbi who had dazzled the country with his miracles and the authority and wisdom in his teaching, had been ... Continue reading
Finding respite
February 21, 2005 By Leave a Comment
[W]hatever else the computer age has given us—and it is often compelling, powerful and productive—it is not pleasant. It is unprecedentedly fast, even frantic; it is relentless. The price of digitilization's information and fun is frustration; it always needs to be rebooted or relearned. ... Continue reading
When vineyards die
August 18, 2004 By
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my ... Continue reading
Beneath the cross
June 14, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Please come as soon as you can. Demas has deserted me... Only Luke is here with me. Bring Mark with you when you come, for he will be helpful to me... The first time I was brought before the judge, no one was with me. Everyone had abandoned me. ... But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength.... ... Continue reading
Disappointment with God
February 29, 2004 By Leave a Comment
According to Philip Yancey, there are three questions that Christians are afraid to ask, because they take us down a dark pathway into a gloomy forest of doubt, and once there, we wonder if we will ever manage to find our way out again alive.Is God unfair? Is God silent? Is God hidden? Such ... Continue reading
When dreams become dust
August 13, 2003 By 4 Comments
Your girls may never play soccer or go to the prom, but who am I to say what a life is worth? —Dr. Kirk Milhoan, pediatric cardiologist, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas What is a life worth? At a whim I can jump on the Internet and search out the value of an ounce of gold or a ... Continue reading
