Know You’re Broken? Celebrate!

I’ve learned so much from Backyard Lessons. My wife does her creative, green-thumb-thing and I often see the lessons in it. This installment is really a follow-up to Church: Pretender’s Playground. Why? Because there are too many people in the Church who...
Portraits Of Grace

Portraits Of Grace

This is the first installment of Portraits Of Grace. And a little ‘confession’ is good for the soul – as well as properly informing you! Why this series? What brought it about? And why is it so important? Portraits Of Grace The more I study Scripture...
Carried: By Grace

Carried: By Grace

Grace is a captivating study. It has been the subject of several recent teaching sessions and I just don’t seem to be able to let it go. So, here’s a question: Who is most qualified to tell us about grace? The ‘Sunday School’ answer would be:...

Blessed: If You Only Knew!

Blessed by God! What is your reaction? My friend Mike always says, I’m blessed, doing better than I deserve. If we believe that, then the cover image should be just the beginning of our reaction when God says we are: Blessed! So it might just make your day to...
What Does Grace Look Like?

What Does Grace Look Like?

For all you others with a twisted sense of humor, Grace is not 5′ 6″ with long brown hair and a captivating smile! Our granddaughter is named Grace and if that was the direction of this post I’d just put her picture here. She’s cute and...