What’s in it for you?
For some people, following Jesus can extol a great price. For business owners, Christ-like love means you quote an honest price even when you know there isn’t any competition. For employees, it means giving your employer your best effort even when it isn’t reciprocated. For husbands, it means being ready to lay down your life […]
You are like Roman concrete
In Rome, the famous Pantheon, which was completed around a.d. 128 and has an unreinforced concrete dome, still stands. Some ancient aqueducts are still used today as well. And in these structures, if cracks develop, they heal themselves. For years, researchers were stumped. How did ancient engineers come up with a material that has not […]
They tried to bury us
Have you been stepped on, leaving you feeling flattened and unappreciated, down and out? Have you been denied an opportunity you desired, crushing your dream? Have you buried a talent or passion because you’re afraid of expressing it fully or afraid of failure? These words by Greek poet Dinos Christianopoulos came into my inbox and […]
Unsure or unwilling
One of Jesus’ disciples damaged his personal brand forever by being skeptical. Thomas was missing when the resurrected Jesus appeared to the other disciples. When they told Thomas they had seen the Lord, he said, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my […]
Already yours
Ali Hafed was a wealthy man who lived in ancient Persia. When he discovered the extreme value of diamonds, he suddenly wasn’t content. He sold his expansive farmland and traveled the world looking for diamonds. His money ran out, and he never found a single diamond. Broken and depressed, he ended his life. Meanwhile, the […]
Going on an adventure
One of my favorite books (and movies) is the Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. I love the part when Bilbo finally decides to go with Gandalf and the dwarves, and he runs out of his house as he shouts, “I’M GOING ON AN ADVENTURE!” How exciting! What would it be like to go on […]
Praise the Lord!
When we gather in church to worship, we are worshiping the Creator-God. He’s the MVP, the One and Only, the triune God who deserves our best and our respect. But sometimes when we worship, we’re far from our best. Perhaps we go into a tailspin if a new hymn is played or the baptismal font […]
More than a glimpse
There was a first-century man named Zacchaeus. Not many people liked him, not even his own people. The reason not many people liked him was because he decided to spend his life supporting the empire that was oppressing his own people. Zacchaeus was a tax collector, siphoning taxes from his fellow countrymen to support the […]