Clean Garage Floors & Cleaner Hearts
There are two kinds of people in the world: the ones that keep an immaculate garage and the ones (like me) that don’t. My father-in-law happens to be one of those keepers of a spotless garage. I remember visiting his home in Florida during college and being awestruck at how clean he kept his garage floors. It dawned on me the other day that the only times I really feel compelled to organize my garage and actually sweep out the floor happen to coincide with impending visits...
My 7th Grade Goliath – Why Should We Pray for Our Enemies?
I told a story recently about an abnormally large guy I played basketball with in junior high. The whole “love your enemies” stuff I had heard at church sounded fine… until I met him. I think he hit 6’5″ in the 7thgrade…To say he was not gracious about his size would be a serious understatement.He was a bully. Everyone was intimidated by him. I remember the day this giant of a boy cornered me in the locker room and demanded that I let him wear...
On this National Day of Prayer – Why Do We Pray?
We are very results oriented in our culture. When my children tell me about their day, they usually punctuate the conversation with something they accomplished at school on a task or a test. On the rare occasions I miss an athletic event, my kids tell me the outcome of the game before anything else. We approach prayer similarly; when we pray, we want to see results. Jesus describes prayer in Matthew 7:9-11 by explaining that God is like a parent. “If your child asks for...
