Function Factors

It’s for decoration. That was the explanation for it. A tall glass cabinet housed dishes with carefully and beautifully designed patterns and pictures. The dishes, I was reliably informed, were there for decoration. It was the sign that this house had class and a dash of affluence. No one would ever use those plates to […]

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Everybody Needs A Rhoda (Part 2)

She is someone who serves. She is someone who is alert and aware of things before other people are. That description could fit the woman who was the first to see that Peter had miraculously been released from prison. It also fitted a modern paragon of a godly woman in an ungodly world. My experience […]

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A Word On A Great Servant

Her children know it, her friends know it and if nobody else knows it for sure, her husband knows it. She doesn’t have to say she is devoted to others, her actions speak loudly for themselves. Staying behind when others have left, stepping in when people drop out, persisting in the jobs that puts folks […]

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Sons and Servants

Son of God. Son of Man. Prince of Peace. Suffering Servant. It’s something that keeps on bugging me about the example I’m supposed to follow. Truly knowing Jesus and following in His Way is something that is both glorious and humbling. It is supposed to capture the reality of being seated with Him in heavenly […]

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