Posts from May 2024

The Treasure Stores of our Hearts

After Mary’s scary episode where she and Joseph “lost” the Son of God, when they found and heard Jesus in the temple give His reason why He did what He did, the Bible says, “they did not understand…but His mother kept all these things in her heart” (Luke 2:51-52). We treasure things and people because of significance. Christians ought to cherish above all else: Young people who grow into faithful Christians. Paul picked Timothy to be a “true son in…

“Bird Fight in the Church Parking Lot at Dawn!”

Wednesday morning, as I drove in, I noticed dark feathers flopping around on the parking lot. It looked like a bird had a broken wing and was trying to right himself. The wings kept fluttering, but the bird silhouette that is normal for a bird never emerged. I immediately wondered what happened: was it a baby who had fallen out of the nest? Was it a bird who had a spinal injury by flying into a glass door? As I…