Just Another Clay Pot

I don't do many posts on current events.  But one has caught my eye and my heart this week, and I feel I cannot remain silent about i...

  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, ju...

Yesterday turned into a rough day. Some of you already know that, because you saw my pleas for prayer on Facebook and Twitter.  (Thank ...

It's been a while since I participated in any writing "Memes," but today's writing prompt at "Monday Manna" w...

He finds the places where I hurt, and he makes me hurt worse. His hands find sensitive spots, and he presses, leans weight into t...

All of my adult life, I've been wondering why I haven't "arrived" yet.  For many people, their 30th birthday is a cri...

Image by OZinOH via Flickr Consider these two scenarios: 1.  A rebellious child greedily abuses the common graces he is shown, and...

“Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has a...

Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another (Jas 5:16) Last time, I mentioned my need for prayer because of easily-pr...

I don't have a clue how grace goes with parenting. Really, not a clue. Lately, as I've studied and prayed more about grace, I...

Way back in March of this year I wrote an entry called " The Blessing of Hunger ."  In it, I promised that a "Part 2"...

Last time I mentioned that there were two thoughts which had kept coming into my mind lately.  Here is the second, and I hope you'll ...

Two thoughts have kept coming to me this week as I've worked on this series.  They've struck me pretty hard sometimes, and this morn...

Sunday night held a wonderful moment of "felt grace." Night owl that I am, I crawled between the sheets shortly before midnig...

Everybody tastes God's grace, every day. Most don't recognize it for what it is. God could have made the world monochrome. H...

If grace isn’t just God’s way of getting us off the hook , then what is it for? Does grace have a purpose? I’ve been putting a good ...

In “ Resisting Grace ,” we talked about the misguided desire some of us have to protect God and His Gospel from being abused.  We see the...