Category Archives: Bible

Beauty: A Prescription for the Heart

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Today is the first day of spring. Many of you reading this probably didn’t know that. It hasn’t been a headline, and so few are going outside that, for them, it may as well be winter. But, as I was walking across our little churchyard I noticed that, indeed, there were flowers blooming, lifting their little, diversely colored petals to the light of the sun. It’s interesting how something so small can stop me in my tracks and lead me to contemplation.

It is quite easy in times like these to be so engrossed with the ugliness of the fallen creation that we forget that even now it bears the marks of its eternally beautiful Creator. Thus, it is all the more important that we spend some time daily immersed in the beauty all around us. Continue reading →

Poorly Interpreting Providence

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Whenever a crisis arises, there always seems to be some guy who comes out of the woodwork to tell everyone that he knows for a fact that the current crisis is (a) the beginning of the end, (b) the judgment of God on homosexuals/Democrats/Republicans/evolutionists/etc., and/or (c) some random offshoot of global warming. So far, in the current crisis, I have had the singular misfortune of being exposed to all three of these, and have felt the need to address each in turn, with particular emphasis given to the middle theory (b). Continue reading →

The Good King, A Story for Children Who May Be Afraid

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As a pastor, I’m blessed to be not only an under-shepherd of God’s grown-up sheep, but of His little lambs as well. During a crisis like the one in which we now find ourselves, it is very easy to be so caught up in our own concerns and preparations that we overlook the wee ones. They may be small, but when they see their schools closing, or their mommy or daddy staying home from work, or when they don’t get to go visit granny in her care facility like they would normally do, their fear can be just as real and just as big as anything that might face an adult. These are confusing times for a child, and they need their parents or grandparents or other grown-ups to help them to understand that even when the world seems like it is falling apart, the Lord is still in control, and is still protecting them from all evil. Here is a simple presentation of the gospel that might help you as you talk to your little one about the coronavirus, its impact on our society, and how we respond to it as Christians.

A long time ago in a far-off country, there lived a good King. This King had two subjects, a man and a woman who were husband and wife. Continue reading →