Close Enough

I have this nasty habit of “close enough”. So I toss a piece of garbage toward the can and sometimes it goes right in. Other times it just misses and lands by the side of the can. “Close enough!”. And I walk away. Sorry to disappoint you...

Regal Terminality

2 Kings 22:1 As I read through the accounts of the various kings, it occurs to me that kingship was a death sentence. Very few died of natural causes, at an old age. Josiah, a king who is remembered for the good that he did, met his untimely demise at the hands of...

Bad Math

Reflections on 2 Kings 13:7 ” … Jehoahaz’s army was reduced to 50 charioteers, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers.” Let’s see … ten thousand foot soldiers … plus ten chariots … plus … fifty charioteers equals …...

God Knows

Some thoughts on John 2:23-25 … Most of us come to Christ because we have something that we want.  That’s not necessarily a bad thing … or a good thing. It’s just a thing. My desire to escape hell was my “thing”. I wasn’t compelled...

Oblivious

One of my personal cures for the pastoral blues was to visit the hospital.  I always came away feeling better.  Sometimes it was simply walking in and out and feeling “well” physically. Other times it was sitting with someone who had graciously accepted...