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A Four-Way Stop Sign
By Greg Swinney We can’t drive very far before seeing a road sign giving us a warning or directions. Yield, One Way, and Stop Ahead signs are all intended to help us arrive at our destination safely....
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There’s an App for That
By Greg Swinney Advertisers for software applications constantly remind us “There’s an app for that!” A simple Internet search will find more than 200 million websites with apps for everything we...
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Majestic Quietness
By Greg Swinney Several international students were traveling together to the Rocky Mountains for a weekend excursion during their university’s fall break. In preparation for the trip, they read travel...
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The Cup of Thanksgiving
By Victor Knowles “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because...
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Wonder Bread
By Victor Knowles Bread has been called “the staff of life.” I loved bread as a young boy. Some of the brands of bread I remember my mother buying were Sunbeam, Butternut, Roman Meal, and Wonder. I...
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Condescension that Brought Redemption
By Victor Knowles Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant,...
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The Cardboard Lamb
By Victor Knowles When I was a little boy my parents bought a Christmas manger set. On the box were these words: “The Christmas story in beautiful cutout scenes and lifelike figures . . . It tells the...
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
By Rick Chromey Blood is indispensable to life. The average human holds 10 pints of blood, which transports oxygen to our body, battles disease, and removes harmful toxins. Blood coagulates and helps...
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Are You Like a Cat or a Dog?
By Rick Chromey Cats and dogs are radically different beasts. Perhaps you’ve heard this joke: Dogs say, “You pet me, you feed me, you shelter me, you love me, you must be a god,” while cats say, “You...
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The Cup
By J. Michael Shannon The Christian world has long been fascinated with the cup of the Last Supper. One legend says that Joseph of Arimathea took the cup to England. There, it seems to have gotten...
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Violent Table
By Tom Lawson Right now, in this time of worship, it is easy to forget how much violence there is outside these walls. We come into this welcoming place, we sing songs of praise, we greet friends and...
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What Kind of Table?
By Mark Krause One of Paul’s names for Communion is the “Lord’s table” (1 Corinthians 10:21). It is impractical for most churches today to celebrate the Lord’s Supper by sitting at chairs around a...
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Guilt and Forgiveness
By Mark Krause Guilt. Oh, how we manipulate our lives to avoid, deny, or relieve any sense of guilt! No one likes to feel guilty, but once we get the feeling, it has staying power. We need to do...
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Crowded Tables
By Tom Lawson One thing Americans traveling in the United Kingdom will notice almost immediately involves what people call “personal space.” Houses are smaller. Automobiles are smaller. City streets...
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Celebrity Doubles
By Tom Lawson During the 1930s a hopeful contender in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in San Francisco was disappointed when he did not even make the finals. The contestant was, of course, none...
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Fields
By Tom Lawson Not far from where I live, vast acres of grain fields extend as far as the eye can see. It is intriguing to see the land transition from muddy brown to springtime green to harvest gold....
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With Eyes Wide Open
By Chuck Sackett Immediately before worship was to begin, a leader in the congregation dumped a boatload of complaints on the preacher. As the preacher entered the worship area, his once light...
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Come Clean
By Nancy Karpenske The notion of “coming clean” implies a person is concealing something, not being completely honest. Coming clean is connected to guilt and shame. If someone stares you down and...
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Empty/Full
By Nancy Karpenske A cup, a gas tank, a bank account, a house, even a heart can be described as empty. Typically when something is empty, the implication is it’s not worth very much, or it is waiting...
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Bring It to the Table
By Nancy Karpenske “Bring it to the table.” You might hear the phrase in any one of several settings. A project manager where you work might say, “Bring it to the table.” He means you have an idea or a...
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