Calling Lazarus – and Us

Calling Lazarus – and Us

His friend was dying.  Messengers had arrived from Bethany with the news, “Come quickly, Jesus.  Lazarus is sick.”   He waited.  Two days.  By the time Jesus returned to Bethany, Lazarus had been dead four days.    Do you ever wonder if the human part of...
Following the Music

Following the Music

Music.  Above the loudspeaker (VERY loud-speaker!), above the laughing and conversation, above the constant flow of people – music.  It surprised me to hear those sweet notes when I made my way from the Amtrak check-in counter to an available seat in the waiting...
Boarded Windows

Boarded Windows

I walked passed the house two or three afternoons per week on my way home from after-school activities.  I guess it would be more accurate to say that I ran passed it.  It was a shack of a house with boarded up windows, an old man and two young men nearly always...
Touching Many

Touching Many

“Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.”  Acts 2:41    Three thousand people saved – in one day, in one place, through the bold words of one man of God.  Not in one year or over many...
The Manifest Church

The Manifest Church

The clouds are black and foreboding this afternoon.  Darkness is stretching its talons across the town, gripping tighter and drawing the shadows together.  Heavy, Styrofoam-like balls of snow pelt the windows and the side of the house.  It’s a good day to be inside,...