Dancing with Blisters
“In life as in the dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.” – Alice Abrams
There have been few things in my life I was as committed to as learning to play tennis. My family moved from Gloucester City, NJ to Pennsville, NJ the summer before my 6th grade. My pastor/father was called to lead a new church. It was a lonely year for me. Continue reading
The dance is most joyful when there is chemistry between the partners. Chemistry is as hard to define as color or music. It seems that dance partners either have it or they don’t. I’m pretty sure that it doesn’t come automatically. It has to be earned. It takes time to have chemistry. It happens when you’ve had enough relationship to understand your partner’s motivations. You have been through some hard times together. Chemistry must be connected to respect, trust, understanding, admiration, if not love. These are the elements that when combined produce the reaction of chemistry. Continue reading
Dancing with Joy
“Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music.”
– William Stafford
It’s one of my favorite memories and we have it recorded on video. Zachary, our firstborn, was three. Colby’s Missing Memory had just been released on VHS (let me explain for the young people…it’s kind of like an 8 track…no that really won’t work. It’s a plastic black rectangle thing we watched movies on before the DVD). The star, Colby, was a large robot. He was sad because he had lost his memory of what friendship was. His band of young singers and dancers helped him find it again. Continue reading
There are 7,000 people groups on the earth who have never heard the sweetest name we know. Who will go and tell them about the unsearchable riches in Christ Jesus?
The Malachi Network exists to: “Make the name of the LORD great among the nations.” Malachi 1:11 Continue reading
Maybe our definition of sin needs some work. . .
Most of us have defined sin as “missing the mark.” That is a pretty good rendering of the Greek word for sin. But does missing the mark really seem so bad?
“Oh well, I missed the mark. Better luck next time.” Continue reading
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