How could God become a man? How could Jesus be fully human and fully not? I thought of those 3D wooden puzzles my son loves. I can never solve them. Either I get bored, frustrated, or my brain simply doesn’t think that way. And yet, I know and believe they can be solved. I’ve simply […]
Chris was my first love. I was 6. Our relationship was innocent, hauntingly delicate and charming in its own way. His mother married my father. I was a visitor on the weekends and he was a full time resident. He was my first kiss, In the basement under the watchful eyes of three curious older […]
God chooses a King after his own Heart. David is revealed. Saul’s character is fully matured. Saul is Revealed. David is the anointed king in the midst of his brothers. This small detail is significant. David is a type of Messiah, being the predecessor to Jesus, as the Son of David. The scene is dramatic. […]
That room containing all the versions of myself in fragments of stuff sits there untouched week after week. Silent, waiting. looming over me like a giant to do list that I can never complete. How do I organize it, I asked ChatGBT. ” you don’t have an organization problem you have a decision problem.” it flaunted.
Samuel grieves. He fears. He makes assumptions. Samuel is profoundly human. Yes, even Samuel the prophet the man whose words never fell to the ground- what a relief. I want to sit with Samuel for a moment because it’s easy to forget that the great heroes of Scripture were not immune to disappointment or even […]
