In the “Not So Unbelievable” category, another vote is in. The most requested funeral song for 2012 is Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “My Way.” In Britain, it…… Read more “My Way”

God wills to have fellowship with humanity. For that purpose, He created the garden. After Satan messed with the garden, he won a temporary victory competing with…… Read more “Christ-Like”

God’s will is to have fellowship with humanity. For that purpose, He created the garden. Why should I want to make God’s will complex? Since Satan messed…… Read more “God’s Will”

There is nothing anemic about super. Advertisers want a rise from my attention span and my desire gene when I see or hear the word super. Organizers…… Read more “Supercharged”

China was special. Mom set it apart for special use. Every family owned a set of dinnerware. We all called it china. Everyone knew china held a…… Read more “Set Apart”

I follow Jesus. I want my life to be his life. Without warning, an evil attitude pops into my mind. I can’t believe it—where did that come…… Read more “I Like Paul”

Back in the dark ages—at the time of our marriage—we emerged from the wedding ceremony, greeted by rice. Rice was everywhere. It was in our clothes, our…… Read more “Grace Rice”

“Joy to the world, the Lord is come,” is a powerful hymn written three centuries ago by Isaac Watts. Based on Psalms 98, the final verse of…… Read more “Truth and Grace”

Two years ago, our son died in his sleep. Ever since Satan messed with the garden, pain touches everyone living on planet earth. It touches me. Pain…… Read more “Grace Costly VS Cheap”

This morning it hit me. God did nothing less at the cross of Jesus than plumb a gushing fountain of grace from the base of the cross…… Read more “Garden Fountain”

The temptation is ever before me to compartmentalize my life into spiritual and secular. I often use other polarized terms to describe reality. I may think of…… Read more “Crucified Life”

The night Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane praying and sweating in agony, he called his father Abba. It is an especially sweet term used by…… Read more “Father God”

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful…… Read more “God with Us”

I knew God made the world before I figured out Baseball must be his favorite game. What took longer to figure out is the fact that God…… Read more “God Gifts His World”

God is Holy. Whatever glow of holiness attached to life comes from attempting to live in the holy shadow cast from the presence of the creator. My…… Read more “Holy Space and Me”

There is not a lot of awareness of Holy Space in our world. Between Cesar and sectarians of the first century, my guess is that Holy Space…… Read more “Holy Space”

Dad’s little cabinet shop on Texas Street played a role in my formation. There were always cleanup chores to keep the shop swept and to teach me…… Read more “God-Shaped”

I missed the art gene. My drawing of a man still looks as it did when I drew one at 4-years of age. It is beyond my…… Read more “Divine Reflection”

“What a dumb thing to do.” As one wired for risk taking, those words have come from my mouth many times—most likely, not nearly as often as…… Read more “God Wise”

Should I meet God face to face in my garden-damaged body, immediately I would fall down in complete terror, hide my face, and hope to quickly awake…… Read more “Divine Image”

I am wired from birth to be an introvert—don’t feel overly sorry for me, as introversion has advantages. As the title of a recent book proclaims, the…… Read more “Life Under a Rock”

Being a human life descended from the garden mess makes it easy for me to focus on the thorns instead of the roses. I will refrain from…… Read more “Good Life God Life”

I have little use for the prosperity gospel shouted across the face of the earth by televangelists. The false promise of health and wealth in exchange for…… Read more “Prosperity Gospel”

Fire ants are in the grass and stinging flying creatures circle the roses. You know Mrs. Dorsey.  Everyone knows Mrs. Dorsey. God especially knows Mrs. Dorsey. She…… Read more “God’s Tied Hands”

Ok, I’m in and my vision turns to the horizon, squinting to see the garden. But, what about now? Is there any garden in the clay soil…… Read more “Grass and Roses”

It is a wonder I was not born on a church pew. Our family attended church services and congregation-related activities every time the church door was unlocked.…… Read more “Garden Invite”

After the garden, man moved farther and farther from Creator God. God’s primary creation gravitated toward gods of wood, stone, and sky. All were gods of the…… Read more “A God I See”

The Bible begins with the Song of Creation—In the Beginning God. God is there, the Holy Spirit is there. The prologue to the Gospel of John tells…… Read more “God Comes Down”

I invite you to go with me as I launch a new site on September 1. A life of purpose is God-centered and lived between tensions. The…… Read more “Come With Me As I Launch GodReflections”