I was arguing with a Franciscan nun about the Resurrection. I said, “Clearly this is horseshit. Surely, you don’t believe this stuff.” She said, “It’s easier for you to believe that the meek will inherit the earth?” Mary Karr. Lunch Poems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_VWjKShI-0

Amarillo skyline paintings and sketch. These were part of a larger project celebrating Advent at our church and illustrating passages out of Isaiah. These paintings were meant to illustrate Isaiah 1 and Isaiah 29, but I chose my hometown of Amarillo as the subject instead of Jerusalem. I love our city. At some point, I’ll […]

The Baker and the Cupbearer

(Rudiments of reading) Simply as a piece of literature, the Holy Bible is a remarkable feat. Many different authors writing many different genres across many different geographical locations and thousands of years anthologized into an unbelievably consistent and unified work of literature. Contained in each smaller narrative are layers that point to a much larger […]

Romans 1:15-20 – I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome… For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown […]

I Have Not Hidden Your Deliverance

Then I said, “Behold, I have come;in the scroll of the book it is written of me:I delight to do Your will, O my God;Your law is within my heart.” I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation;behold, I have not restrained my lips,as you know, O Lord.I have not hidden […]

Psalm 37:25-26

I have been young, and now am old,yet I have not seen the righteous forsakenor his children begging for bread. He is ever lending generously,and his children become a blessing.  I usually read this as an encouragement to pursue righteousness because then I won’t be forsaken or have to beg for bread.  I don’t want […]

Whether In Pretense or In Truth

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.  The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.  The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.  What then? Only that in every […]