A moonlit garden, sleepy disciples, and a plan for capturing the innocent. Jesus passionately prays while his guys nap. The guards and the thugs arrive with the snitch, and the servants and water boys wander around with the crowd. Everyone on edge as the accusations are made. Everyone except Jesus. He was solid in His… Continue reading

Judas was there all along. Looking spiritual. At church every time the door opened. Listening to every sermon, and dare I say singing every song the band played. Looked it. Seemed it. Yet God, in His perfect foreknowledge, His omniscience, knew. He knew the reality of what is to come. Judas, the one who already… Continue reading

That little star on an ID. Yes, we know you have a valid form of identification. Yes, we know we actually issued it. But now we have to have this new card. We need to know that you are really, really, really who you say you are. Yes, same you. No, the old ID won’t… Continue reading

I was on the hunt for shells. The fog enveloped the sun, and gave little sight to distance. The old men were lined up on the shore with their fishing poles anchored to the sand, just beyond the moist footprint of the waves. Sitting in frayed beach chairs talking about the issues of the world,… Continue reading

You gotta dig down deep to get to the foundation, if you want to rebuild it right. Can’t start at the surface. Can’t do it from half-way up. Can’t even rebuild from the place you can get to in your own strength. Like the archaeologist who starts out moving buckets of built up earth, getting… Continue reading

This is the season where God is calling us to find the one lost sheep. The one that God says hey, go over there and chat with that dog owner. Compliment the sunrise and sunset and strike up a friendly hello. See where wanderers are from, and why they are parked where you are –… Continue reading

Well, Jonah, we had a good run, me and you. We saw the potential, we saw the injustice, we tried to escape, and found ourselves back on the shore of destiny. We moved forward into the highways and byways, proclaiming what God put on our heart, all the while wearing our heart on our sleeve.… Continue reading

The bluebirds are back. But then again, so are the grackles. They fly together, happiness and hassle. One pair looking for refuge and an aviary airbnb nailed to the fence, while the other a pack of starving starlings looking to empty whatever feeders they find. Blessings and blessing depleters, flocking together. Bluebirds with their tricolored… Continue reading