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A Watched Pot
A watched pot never boils. A proverb attributed to Benjamin Franklin Most proverbs have some ambiguity about them that allows for a way of interpreting them so that they are true, but this one is clearly and demonstrably false. Anyone who has ever put a pot of water on to boil knows that it will…
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Love is not Self-Seeking
One of my favorite movies is Marvin’s Room, starring Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Nero among others. It’s by no means a perfect film. It was obviously adapted from a stage play, and it consequently relies more on dialog than on visual storytelling. But what I like is what it has…
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Zach’s Story
Based on Luke 19:1-10 The name’s Zach. I know I’m not much to look at. Never have been. I’m short. Vertically challenged. Lacking in stature. I’ve met 10-year-olds taller than me. I got picked on a lot as a kid. I got tough, and I fought back. Maybe that’s why I became a revenue agent…
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Rest Requires Faith (or Exhaustion)
The first creation myth in Genesis ends strangely with God’s rest. Of course, in the stories that follow, the Sabbath and observance of the Sabbath often play major roles, and it’s unsurprising that the authors and preservers of Genesis would want to introduce the origins of the Sabbath at the outset. Yet it is odd…
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Putting Things Right
The central assumption of Christianity is that something is wrong with the world, and it needs to be put right. For Christians, the “something wrong” is human sin, a violation of the right order God created at the beginning. Putting things right we call “reconciliation,” and according to Paul it is a ministry belonging to…
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