Faith

Through the Teeth of Adversity

Let’s forget the stuff of fairy tales for a moment. Cast aside the Biblical promises telling of opening the Windows of Heaven, if even just for the time it takes to read this essay. Let’s turn ...

Our Glorious Restoration

Most people don’t recognize the name Maria Das Gracas Silva Foster. She is known, however, in Brazil by the nickname Caveirao, the armored vehicle police use to patrol the toughest Brazilian ...

A Bow Shot From Our Problems

In the latest Jurassic Park movie, Jurassic World, one thing the characters are told to do in case of eminent dinosaur attack is run. Yes, run, as fast and as hard as possible. It’s a carryover ...

The Patient Promise

A newborn is hungry when she’s hungry. After all, that moment of need fills up the entirely of her life. She’s been alive all of a few hours, and her hunger has consumed most of her time on this ...

Discovering the Lost God

Invisible things are hard to find. That’s sounds silly, but think of things that are transparent. Glass, for one. Have we ever walked into a glass door, not expecting it to be there, and smashed ...

The Power of One Blue Thread

Healing was one of Jesus’ inroads into the lives of the people he ministered to while he was alive on this earth. The Word is filled with examples of his miraculous touch among the poor and ...

Revenge at Any Cost

David of antiquity was a man said to be after God’s own heart. Yet, he didn’t always make wise decisions. He was a man of his culture; a product of his upbringing and the power gifted upon him ...

Falling Into a Cycle

Life is a cycle. In the movie Lion King, it’s described as a circle. All things start in one place and come back to that place in the end. We’re interconnected. When we’re frustrated, we decry ...

Reclaiming What’s Ours

Pigs multiply veraciously. Turned loose into the wild, they root out food, tear up the landscape, and revert to an untamed state that is more beast than farm animal. They can run in packs that ...

The Power of Peroxide

The British are epitomized by the need to put up a good front. It’s said that during the bombing of London in WWII, Londoners poured their tea as if nothing was happening, even as the explosions ...

And Some on Boards

God fulfills his promises. Do we really believe that? Or do we raise an eyebrow, remembering the times we’ve prayed, and after a time, we felt we didn’t see the answer coming our ...

The direction the wind blows makes a difference. North Carolina touts itself as the most military-friendly state in the Union. It boasts multiple military bases, exempts military personnel from the ...

The Boomerang Effect

Some things like to bite us on the backside. We cheat on our taxes, and the IRS slaps a fine on us that makes our original bill look paltry. We slip up on an inspection on the stability of the ...