I see her about to break under the weight of those demons. I need to help her but the demons just laugh at me. I shout, “Get away from her. Leave her alone.” The demons laugh louder I hear you say to me, “Oh, you of little faith…” I feel like I have failed her,Continue reading “A Father’s Psalm of Lament”
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The Boy Jesus in the Temple
41Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. 43When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.44Assuming that he was inContinue reading “The Boy Jesus in the Temple”
no better than slaves
for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in ChristContinue reading “no better than slaves”
Happy Daddy Day…
I am thinking and pondering this day how my life has been richly blessed and how incredibly inept as a father I am. I think about all of the things I do wrong, and yet my children still love me. I think of all the ways I fail my daughters and my wife, yet they still careContinue reading “Happy Daddy Day…”