I was thrilled when award-winning essayist Anita Mathias asked me to do a guest post. I wrote on Martin Luther’s approach to prayer, and the post starts out like this: Martin Luther, the catalyst of the Protestant Reformation, needed a shave. And his barber, like the one I had when I had hair, liked to […]
Thomas A. Dorsey, Reformed Theologian?
First off, “HOORAY!” and “THANKS!” for helping the blog to pass 4000 page views today! And now to the actual post… Give a good listen to Thomas A. Dorsey’s “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” (sung here by the great Mahalia Jackson) Here’s someone who knows that making each step of faith and faithfulness requires a […]
Role Models in Forgiveness
“Unforgivable!” That’s the cry when we are really hurting. I suspect sometimes it means “I can’t forgive that quite yet.” However, sometimes it sounds more like we are working with a confused definition of forgiveness. When I hear people talking about forgiveness it often sounds like they are thinking “Forgiveness means the wound in our […]
For All Our Physical Needs
They had always wanted a boat — and now they had it. They had always wanted to be in the open ocean — and now they were out there. They had never actually wanted a storm — but now they had one of those too. The pleasure of rolling on steady swells became pitching and […]
Thy Will! No, No, MINE! No, THINE!
“It’s God’s will,” she said. “God told me this is what I am supposed to do.” I knew she wasn’t going to like it. I knew her and I knew what she was stepping into, and it was not a match. Fast forward two weeks. “It didn’t work out,” she said. Change of course. Back […]