Jesus Is Blessing

October 3, 2021
Just before what I read, the Pharisees, hoping somehow to trap Jesus, bring up the matter of divorce.  Because he’s asked, Jesus gives his teaching.  Divorce has been around almost…
Some of you may know Lou Reed’s song “Perfect Day.”  At one point in the song, he repeats, four times—as if it’s a part of the song he wants us…

Let Down Your Nets

February 10, 2019
[With thanks to Leslie Leyland Fields, and Chapter Four of her Crossing the Waters: Following Jesus through the Storms, the Fish, the Doubt, and the Seas (2016).] I don’t ordinarily…

Live to Bless

September 23, 2018
Apart from knowing Jesus Christ, a good wife is probably the greatest blessing a man can have.  A wife is far more than a partner.  We already have a word…