If the foundations are destroyed,What can the righteous do? (Psalms 11:3) It is only a children’s story after all with all the dramatic differences in the details while telling the same story – three little pigs, their houses and the big bad wolf that blows, with the threat of biting and, of course, killing. Little pigs are…
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244. The Church – militant and triumphant
Two principles. One story, one miracle. Fishes in the deep sea, fishes in the shallow sea. Jesus speaking, Jesus on the beach. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good…
243. A “Rome-day”
Slowly but surely during my childhood years, I acquired a deep admiration for Europe and everything European – lifestyle, food and gardening combined with all the gorgeous fabrics and furniture, coffee in cozy cafés, tea in dainty cups and teapots with tea cozies insulating the brew to stretch the ritual of a culture that celebrated creativity…
242. Fullness of blessing
[Pentecost 2023] Jerusalem was still buzzing with the strange and remarkable events of the Passover time that year. The story of the Resurrection of Jesus spread like a wildfire. The people talked, the authorities were confused, the church leaders exasperated that this preacher and his teaching just would not go away. For some, hope was rekindled and the…
241. Steady the Crown
England prepares for history. The headlines of the world shout it out. Over many years of outrage against royalty’s abuse of power and revolution against it, most of the left-over nobility live under the radar in order to escape the sly, mean and investigative journalism that feeds the populace. There is nobody even close to the British…
240. Miracle timing
I might hear a deep sigh right now. Yes, I am writing about time – again. I will always be fascinated by the numbers of time and all their special names – seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years with seasons and semesters, decades, centuries, eras and ages. They are written into our history books – Ancient history, the Middle…
239. Look out, look up… and see
It is Holy Week. For us urban dwellers in the New Jerusalem, citizens of the Kingdom of God, members of the Body of Christ it is the most holy time to reflect on the foundation of our faith; that which it is all about – the Cross of Jesus. As all of humankind we ARE because…
238. The fiery trial is not foreign
There are a few phrases and verses in the Bible that might get lost in the shallow understanding of familiarity. It is too easy to say the Our Father from memory and hastily ramble through the lines of Psalm 23 entirely missing the fullness of meaning. The Bible is not social media or the morning paper. The truth that sets…
237. Feet of faith
Let us linger a bit longer in the words of Habakkuk – words of gold for all times and ages. Habakkuk moves his thought-horizons from threatening political upheaval to a heavenly perspective with eternal applications. The effect of his “new” thinking is a joyful praise-song and an inspired spirit that stirs faith and builds trust in God for…
236. Wisdom that laughs
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. (Proverbs 31:25, NLT) I don’t think it is easy to laugh about the future. It might rather take a big effort not to cry about the future. The world is evil… and violent… and uncertain… and dirty. The list of wrongs could be very long,…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 