The Nobodies are Really the Somebodies
Lois Jodie Jamieson Perkins, “Mottie” as her family called her, closed her eyes and peacefully slipped into eternity last week at the age of 97. For most of the world, she was a “nobody.” To my mother-in-law and the rest … Continued
Dormancy in Your Spirit (and in Your Yard)
Stuff doesn’t grow in the winter. Well, most stuff doesn’t anyway. Turf grass doesn’t. Trees really don’t. Roses don’t. Flowers don’t. Bushes don’t. Pretty much everything you maintain in your yard for most of the year becomes dormant in the … Continued
Have You Missed Christmas?
Centuries ago, an angel appeared to shepherds outside the city of Jerusalem to announce that a Savior was born. Sadly, untold millions of people have missed Christmas over the centuries because they failed to connect with that baby born that … Continued
Immigration and My Christian Responsibility
The plane taxied to a stop and flight attendants opened both the forward and rear doors for us to disembark. As I rose from my seat, a smell hit me like a sucker punch and triggered a gag reflex. People … Continued
In the End, It Really Does Matter
Chester Bennington hanged himself yesterday. He was 41. You may not recognize his name, but Bennington was the lead singer of the profoundly popular rock band Linkin Park. Formed in 1997, Linkin Park released seven studio albums, sold more than … Continued
Not All Rocks Are Ebenezers
There is an 80-pound rock in my flowerbed that looks like a meteorite. I pried it loose from a mountaintop in North Carolina about 13 years ago. I then grunted, pushed, rolled, chucked, yelled at and tripped over it trying to get … Continued
Confessions of a White Boy on MLK Jr. Day
Confession One: I struggle with racial prejudice against blacks. There, I said it. God has consistently convicted me of that and increasingly helped me let a lot of that go over the past 30 years. It occasionally rises up, but He reminds … Continued
Have you missed Christmas?
Dust particles diffuse the saturated orange of a sinking sun and smooth the warm tones evenly across the horizon. The limestone walls of Jerusalem absorb the light and the city practically glows, like it is on fire. In a sense, … Continued