humanity

  • Learning to Practice Humility in a World of Pride

    Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves… You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had … (From Philippians 2:3-5) This past Lenten season (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday), our church replaced our normal corporate prayer time with

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  • Advent 2017: Ten Bruises, Three Warped Toes and the Danger of Closing My Eyes

    “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” — Jesus (from John 11:9-10) It’s tough to walk in the dark. In

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  • In Search of the Ideal, Part 2: Health

    Illness is a part of the fallen condition mankind finds itself in. As part of the curse of Genesis 3 on Adam and Eve, physical death came to humankind and, I assume, sickness and pain. The ideal of fleshly immortality that God created in Eden disappeared and people have been coughing, wheezing, sneezing and itching…

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  • In Search of the Ideal, Part 1

    Lately I’ve been really longing for things in this world to be right. Have you ever felt the same? I believe that every human is in search of what is ideal. Nobody likes to be taken advantage of, to be wounded, to suffer personal loss. We all long internally for things to be right, and…

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