The long-time captain of the Montreal Canadiens, Jean Beliveau, passed away last week at the age of 83. There is no professional athlete I have respected more than this man. He was grace in motion on the ice, and just as gracious off the ice. He has his name on the Stanley Cup 17 times, […]
Living the Kingdom on Earth
JT Walked down the dusty path for many hours and soon he could hear the running of water. As he looked he also saw a few houses and now he could see a town. At the end of a very short main street he saw a large dock with many people milling around.
“When is it going to come, we’ve being waiting forever?” One brightly dressed woman exclaimed to the others. There appeared to be 10 ladies dressed up in finery, it was hot and dusty, yet they stood waiting by the dock.
A Love Story Soren Kierkegard, the Danish theologian, told a story about a certain kingdom in which there was a handsome prince. This young man was searching for a woman worthy enough to be his wife and to become queen of the land. One day while running an errand for his father, he passed through […]
Have you ever had the opportunity to help someone? Perhaps someone needed help moving to a new home? Perhaps they were in a dire situation and were desperate for anything at all. It is amazing how blessed you feel while blessing others! Storing Our Treasures in Heaven Our Heavenly Father desires that we be of […]
JT trudged down the dusty road as quickly as he could. The last town that he left appeared to value the law much more than mercy. That was something he just did not understand.
After a while he grew tired and found a tree beside a river. He lay against the tree, in the shade, and stretched out for a nap. His dreams were troubled with all he had recently gone through with the house falling into the sea and the indifferent crowd letting the man drown in the quicksand.
It seemed that sounds were breaking through to him in his sleep. The sounds became louder and awoke him. He opened his eyes to find a well-dressed man on a raft floating down the river. “Can you assist me? Can you throw me that rope?”
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who could best depict “perfect peace” in a painting. Many artists entered the contest. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only 2 he really liked, and he had to choose between them. Painting a Portrait of Peace One picture […]
After a while JT felt the urge to leave the house on the rock. He thought he should be moving, how else was he to find out what he was searching for? One morning, he set out down the dusty road until he came to a forest.
There were so many trees, that he had never seen a forest this large before. After walking for a couple of hours he heard a faint sound of panic. “Help, Help.” The faint cry came.
JT ran towards the sound as fast as he could go. He hoped he could arrive in time to help whoever was in trouble.
The cries for help were stronger with each step he took. As he rounded the next bend, he saw a crowd of people standing and watching something. He came up to the crowd and managed to slip between them, as he was so small, and finally made it to the front.
There was a man that appeared to be stuck in quicksand, and he was submerged up to his neck. “Help, someone, please help me!!” the man cried frantically. The quicksand was not that large, it was only about 2 arm spans wide, but this unfortunate man was right in the middle of it.
God’s Son, Jesus, is described in Scripture both as the Lamb of God and the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. There’s a certain tension in that imagery. Lambs are known as weak and helpless animals. Lions are known as bold and strong animals. Even though lions are not known to attack humans as a […]
I remember when each of my children were born. We gazed into one another’s eyes and fell madly in love. As I held them in those first few moments, unspeakable joy filled my heart. Our bond would last a lifetime.
The little boy, JT, walked down the road towards the beach. It was a bright and sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. He thought, ‘it would be so nice to live on the beach and be able to swim anytime I wanted to.’
As if in response to his thought, he saw a house on the beach. It was like the beach knew what he needed. There was a big house sitting right on the beach.
