"It's a marathon, not a sprint." Good advice to hear when you're struggling with sticking to a discipline or trying to push through a difficult task. It's even good advice for relationships. Usually, we humans give up too soon! And when we do, we usually regret it later. Or,...
American fantasy author Jeaniene Frost said, "Some things are worth the cost of their consequences." And looking back in history and even in my own life, I can attest to the truthfulness of this statement. The challenge is knowing when to pay the price for what you value. All of...
It seems we Southerners have an "old saying" for everything. When I was in Boston for seminary, a young man from another part of the country asked me "Barnabas, is there a book I can buy with all these Southern sayings in them?" I laughed and told him "No,...
In 1861 Robert E. Lee wrote, “With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.” In the end, he...
In 1861 Robert E. Lee wrote, “With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.” In the end, he...
In 1861 Robert E. Lee wrote “With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.” In the end, he...
It seems we Southerners have an "old saying" for everything. When I was in Boston for seminary, a young man from another part of the country asked me "Barnabas, is there a book I can buy with all these Southern sayings in them?" I laughed and told him "No,...
One of the most powerful prayers and hymns I've ever sung says "...For behold, through the cross joy has come into all the world. Ever blessing the Lord, we praise his Resurrection: for by enduring the cross, he has destroyed death by death.” Imagine that something as horrible as the...
Platitudes can be absolutely infuriating when you're suffering. And, usually, a person in pain hears things like "Oh, just trust God" or "into each life a little rain must fall" as uncaring dismissals of their very real heartache. To be sure, most folks mean well, but deep in their own...
