He balled up his fist like a gavel and pounded on the old wooden pulpit like an almighty judge. He listed the depravities of popular culture and swore they were signs of Christ’s imminent return. This is the narcissism I grew up in. MATTHEW 13:24-30 Jesus told them another parable:… Read More
School work is done. The kitchen is clean. Clothes are hung up. And now the hardest part of Wednesday comes. She fans her fingers over the worn keys of her great great aunt’s piano and looks down, ignoring the lines and dots on the page. And she plays beautifully. She… Read More
8-2=6
3+4=7
10-8=2
“Great job.”
She stood beside me smiling. “This was too easy.”
I flipped the paper over… View Post
I loved reading your interpretations of the parable I posted a couple days ago. There’s no right meaning I guess. But there is a meaning I had in mind. The little girl is me. I come to Christ and he tells me I can be more – I can be… Read More
After the concert, the little girl sheepishly slinked her way up to the man in black. She held her first year piano book out to the maestro. He stooped and uncapped his pen. “Do you play the piano?” he asked, scribbling his name in great loops and quick slashes on… Read More
Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy… Read More
Shaun Groves