I love Mafia movies for many reasons. One of those is the hypocritical yet dramatic juxtaposition of a hardened, swaggering gangster going to Catholic confession. He seeks absolution for his guilty conscience only to leave and sin again, typically by murdering a family opponent. A child in one of my favorite Mafia movies encapsulated this […]
“Brothers, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37). If, as we believe, Jesus is the only avenue through which we can access Father God, then everyone we meet is either in one of two categories. They are either in God’s marvelous grace as souls saved by faith, or they are lost and separated from God. The […]
Imitation comes naturally to us. You might say it’s in our DNA. Anyone who has spent time with children can confirm this. The other day as I was delivering mail on my route, I saw a man mowing his front lawn, followed closely by his young daughter who was “helping” with her plastic mower. A […]
My attitude was horrible. I was complaining and criticizing, seeing the faults, not the growth, in other people. Nothing seemed to measure up to my standards. A friend and colleague noticed this and quietly but firmly asked, “You once said the lordship of Jesus Christ was paramount in your life. Has that changed?” Ouch! As […]
I keep plenty busy in this season of my life. From the time I roll out of bed in the morning and feed breakfast to my four hungry kids to the time I crash back into bed at night, there is little down time. I keep the calendar. I clean the house. I fill the […]
