The Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey

With autumn fast approaching, it will not be long before leaves start to fall and cool fronts bring us a reprieve from the Texas heat.  While the change is welcome for some, this time of the year has inspired people for millennia to think about the cycle of life and...
Hope: When a Heart Looks Forward

Hope: When a Heart Looks Forward

Followers of Christ are a people looking forward to a coming day of salvation. We commonly think of salvation as an accomplished act of God brought about by the things that happened in connection with Jesus, particularly his death and resurrection. References to these...
Psalm 23: What You Need to Know

Psalm 23: What You Need to Know

I associate Psalm 23 with an uncle who passed away when I was a child. He was a World War II veteran and he was, as we used to say, shell-shocked. He had a terrible nervous disorder. Doctors were unable to control his blood pressure and he died unexpectedly one night....
The Glory of the Cross (part 2)

The Glory of the Cross (part 2)

The glory of God has come to us in the Person of Jesus Christ: And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) The Gospel of John makes it clear that the glory of...