Ode to a Stylist: A Christmas Blog
ODE TO A STYLIST . . . A CHRISTMAS BLOG My haircut last night reminded me than when things seem to be screwed up is usually when a divine appointment will drop on your head. I posted earlier that my “hair salon” was showing a 96-minute wait time. Right after dinner, though, it shrank to zero. So I logged in online and ran over there. I was the only one on the list. And “Kay” waited on me. This was a divine appointment. Kay is a young lady who has cut my hair quite a few times
Made You Look
A few days ago I posted an image of an unassuming Middle Eastern man. He is not handsome. He looks like a convicted criminal. Which he was. Not only convicted, but executed. Most people weren’t drawn to the image, so they didn’t click on the link and read the blog to find out his story. More people will click on the photo I’ve included with this blog. See—I made you look. You were drawn to the looker. If I showed you a picture of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and King of Kings
He blows my mind
BLOG: HE BLOWS MY MIND Last week I wrote about how to make the Bible “come alive,” and how I saw something new when I read the “red letters” (quotes of Jesus) only. This week I’ll pick up the story from there. As I read through the Gospels, red letters only, I thought I saw something that stood out in the Gospel of John. So I went back through each Gospel again, and confirmed what I saw. First, consider the structure of the Gospels. There are four of them, each written by a m
Make the Bible Come Alive in Front of You
I’m embarking on a journey that might interest you and enrich your own spiritual walk. I take different angles on my Bible study so that I might see new things in the Scriptures. I look for things that are genuinely present but which I had not noticed before. (I’m not making them up or inventing them.) I believe strongly in having the Word speak for Itself, but I also believe that we tend to rely way too much on the standard things we always see in the Bible. For example, tak
