I never understood what my mom meant when she would say "This is going to hurt me more than you" when she'd discipline me until I became a parent myself. It's really true.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying God hurts more when He disciplines me than I do. God isn't like me…
Fr. Barnabas Powell
Hollywood loves getting it wrong. The more I see of movies about angels or demons or the "supernatural" (Has there ever been a more wrong headed word ever spoken?) the more I see just why serious theological wisdom is absolutely vital to clear thinking and wise living.
It seems every time a movie about these…
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I can really see that. The other day my daughter had the same reaction and facial expression I have when I'm frustrated. The moment made me smile, then cringe, then pray "Lord, help me be a better example to my children!"
The whole of the…
Who is Jesus Christ? There are so many answers to that question, and I guess the human race has been preoccupied with this question since the Lord came in the first place. But, we learn today that how we answer this question is a great deal more important than we may realize!
Look at our…
In his book "Mere Christianity" C.S. Lewis issued his famous "trilemma." Lewis was concerned that some in his day, gripped by the fad of "demythologizing" the Bible, wanted to call Jesus a "good teacher" but certainly not God in the Flesh. (Parenthetically, I'd love to read an historical account of the influence of Islamic theology…
I love the word "Beloved." It's the kind of word that bears an "antique" feel of sophistication and dignity, as well as expressing a sense of connection and intimacy that keeps it from being "stuffy" or "arrogant." To be considered "beloved" by someone else is the heart's cry of most humans! I want to be…
"You sinner!" The preacher thundered from the pulpit in our small Pentecostal church, and, as a 10 year old boy, he had me convinced. Yep, I was a sinner and I needed to be saved. So, that's what I did. In fact, every time there was a chance to be "saved" I took it! (I…
Marilyn Manson once said "I use to have nightmares about the Antichrist - what would happen, where it would come from, and who it would be." I can relate. I was raised in a religious world that talked about the Antichrist all the time, and there were hundreds of guesses who the Antichrist was going…
"I wish I were older!" Those were my words to my mother when I was a teenager and longed for the "freedom" of being an adult! If I only knew then what I know now! Bills, taxes, responsibilities, ugh! Can I take it back and go back to being a teenager again, please?!?
Well, of…
I'm my own worst enemy. The reason for this is that my ability to either delude myself or to over react is so "normal" to me that it is really hard to be objective about my struggles by myself. I'm either too hard on myself or too easy on myself!
Learning this opened my eyes…