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We may be converted to Christ in the miracle of a moment but the making of a saint is the task of a lifetime.
Let Your Soul Catch Up
My big take away from this year’s Olympics centered on winning a bronze, not a gold medal. Tuesday, August 3, Simone Biles won a bronze medal for her competition on the “balance beam.” For her, bronze was as good as gold. Coming to the Olympics, she was one of the...
Saying Yes to Forgiveness
Joe E. Trull tells of a primitive tribe located deep in the South American jungles. Anthropologists learned the most important role within the tribe was the "keeper" of the flame. Since fire is so precious -- and takes such effort to recreate -- one member is...
Hallelujah Time
Those who know me, even casually, know that I am technologically limited. Yet, since this past Sunday evening I have been thanking the Lord for technology. Those who know me more than casually, know that I am not overly emotional. Yet since this past Sunday evening I...
Loneliness and Aloneness
On September 1, 1939, the night after the onset of World War II, W. H. Auden sat in one of the dives on Fifty-second Street in New York and observed people trying to escape themselves and their world by drinking, dancing, keeping up conventions: Lest we should see...
Photo taken by Douglas Turner at the Grand Canyon located at Mather Point
Casting Shadows
All of us cast shadows of some kind along the road of life. These shadows affect the people with whom we come into contact. I was inspired in my reflection on this by a story in the Book of Acts. Because of the many miracles Peter had performed, the sick of Jerusalem...
The Gift of Sleep
I was reading hurriedly, which is too often my style, but that didn’t hinder the critical aspect of my reading. There it was… sleep-stealer. What a mistake…. but when I read again, it was no mistake; it was not meant to be sheep-stealer. The writer was talking about...