Reflections

In his letter to the church at Ephesus, Paul opened a gigantic controversial can of worms when he wrote to them declaring that before the…

Image by Pexels from Pixabay In our world, a relentless onslaught of troubles and challenges slow us down, beat us up, and leave us feeling…

If you have ever struggled with making an important decision, then you have probably experienced what the bible refers to as double-mindedness (James 1:8). The…

Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay There is one sense in which death is the enemy of Christians.  It entered the world with the first…

Walled away from the beauty of Colorado’s striking blue skies and cool crisp air, Robert Hanssen ticks out the rest of his life in a…

Shame is a painful emotion. It is usually associated with embarrassment or a feeling of guilt for something that we have genuinely done wrong.  In…

Image by Jeff Jacobs from Pixabay Because true love compels a servant to suffer, suffering is the truest test of a servant. A husband who…

The wife of one of my friends models servanthood very well.  I noticed this at a dinner we shared several years ago.  As we all…

Image by Pexels from Pixabay  Good servants must persevere. Perseverance means to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or…

Faithfulness is the attribute of a servant that towers above all others. It is the one thing that makes a servant good. But it isn’t…