A social outcast, Mary Magdalene was the bad girl of Galilee. Women warned their sons about that woman and respectable men turned away in embarrassment at her knowing smile. Mary was hopeless. Rejected. Irredeemable. A beloved son rejected his father and his God...
Last night, my husband and I watched a documentary about a well-known comedian and several of his acquaintances–nearly all of whom could boast of excessive wealth, fame, and fortune. Sadly, only one performer enjoyed his life. The others allowed the demands of...
Philippians 1:4-6 “In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ...
The instant he walked through the door, I knew we were in trouble. My seventeen-year-old-boy-man cradled his arm protectively, carefully adjusting his movements to avoid bumping into anything or anyone. “I think I broke my hand,” he said. “Oh,...
In a moment of clarity–or desperation–mom took things into her own hands. She clipped, trimmed, and stood back to view her work. There before her stood four little boys–each with a numeral cut into his hair. Nobody would mistake number one for...
