The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Comfort and Joy
Jesus’ birth in the Gospel of Matthew
3 AM in the Parking Lot between the Mr. Waffle and the Pilot Truck Stop
Jesus’ Birth in the Gospels
Wherever I Go, There You Care
Jesus’ birth in the Psalms
God's New Normal
Advent 2019 - Jesus’ Birth in the Prophets
"Among Confession and Tears and Great Laughter"
Advent 2019 - Jesus’ birth in the Law of Moses
What Are You Waiting For?
The Parable of Ten Virgins
What Do You Want to Want to Do?
Parable of the Two Sons
People Aren't Just People
Parable of the Net and Fish
Seeing Jesus
Jesus with Thomas and the disciples
Finders Keepers
Parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great value
The Five Foot Nothing, a Hundred and Nothing Pound Kingdom of God
The Parables of the Growing Seed, the Mustard Seed and the Leaven
Waiting on a World without Weeds
God's Loving Discomfort
Listening to Understand
Lost and Found in Plain Sight
The Sour Taste of Grace
The Glue of Forgiveness
Changing the way we see changes the way we act, think, feel, and speak. As we spiritually see God, ourselves, and our circumstances more clearly (as they truly are), we change for the better, “from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18).
Have you ever seen one of those videos where a toddler gets glasses for the first time? She starts off grumpy in a high chair, and squirms and fusses when the glasses are put over her eyes. But then there’s that moment when she hears her father’s familiar voice and sees him clearly as he truly is for the first time. It is almost magical to watch how that toddler’s whole person changes right before your eyes: all of a sudden her face shines with mega-watt delight and she extends her clutching hands, squealing lungs, and kicking feet in eager love towards dad, mom, everyone in the room, and the world itself. There is a truth in these videos that doesn’t just apply to infants.