Speaking of Life
Where was God?
It survived the fires of the Revolutionary War and witnessed New York's rise to become the world's greatest city—a small church called St. Paul's Chapel. It's located in Lower Manhattan, surrounded by skyscrapers. It's also known as "The Little Chapel That Stood." It earned this nickname because it remained undamaged when the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001, despite being less than 100 meters apart…
It's not fair
It's not fair!" – If a donation was due every time we heard someone say this or said it ourselves, we would probably become rich. Justice has been a rare commodity since the beginning of human history. Even at kindergarten age, most of us have had the painful experience that life is not always fair. So, as much as we hate it, we prepare ourselves to be deceived, lied to, cheated on, or otherwise influenced by...
Come and drink
One hot afternoon as a teenager, I was working with my grandfather in the apple orchard. He asked me to bring him the water jug so that he could take a long drink of "Adam's Ale" (meaning pure water). That was his flowery expression for fresh still water. Just as pure water refreshes physically, God's Word revitalizes our spirit when we are in spiritual training. Notice the words of the prophet Isaiah: “For as the rain and the snow of...
