The most-read online article of the year 2016 was written by a man named Alain de Botton called, “Why you will marry the wrong person.” It’s a great piece that blows up a lot of common expectations about love and relationships.
I originally had planned on writing an article highlighting our stewardship focus of a life lived shrewdly for my article this month. But, with two mass shootings in the United States in less than two weeks and an upsurge of the usual less-prominent violence and the sadness of ongoing war in Ukraine, I felt the need to pivot.
As Christians we all know the company line, so to speak: Easter gives us joy. But it seems like there is a disconnect between our head and our heart when it comes to this in practice.
We’ve reached the third quarter of our stewardship challenge–A God-Lived Life. And as we’ve said before, normally when you hear the word stewardship, you think of money.
Sometimes it can be difficult to tell whether something is intended as a compliment or as an insult. But I’m guessing that wasn’t the case if you have ever been referred to as a “sheep”.
What does the future hold? That question is on many minds this time of year as we celebrate confirmation, as high school and college graduations are around the corner.
As I read the book, I could see that my daughter was getting more and more uncomfortable. “Daddy, will the witch eat Hansel and Gretel!?” She asked. I said, “I don’t know, we will have to wait and find out.”
Can you picture that first Easter morning? Jesus’ followers were up early getting ready for the celebration. They set up tables outside the tomb and prepared food and wine.
Back in 1943, Norman Rockwell did a painting that was published in the Saturday Evening Post. The painting shows a father and mother tucking their two children in at bedtime.
Had we been in that situation, beaten and battered as Jesus was, we may have found the strength to utter some memorable words. They would have been words of power.
