The Things We Leave Behind

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Ah, the memories. Who doesn’t like to talk about Snowmageddon, the 2010 series of winter storms during which Washington ground to a halt, or the June 2012 derecho that left millions… Continue reading The Things We Leave Behind

Of Suffering and the Law

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Oh, those silly learned people of Jesus’s time. In today’s Gospel reading from Luke 14, a man is suffering, possibly due to swelling in his legs and feet that could be… Continue reading Of Suffering and the Law

The Trouble With Demons

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Driven out any demons lately? Maybe it’s that cookie at the coffee shop or the difficulty in staying loving when your children are driving you crazy or that person in your… Continue reading The Trouble With Demons

You Got to Have Friends

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Not even Jesus did it alone. Of course we know he had the Lord at his side every step of the way, even at Calvary. And of course we know the… Continue reading You Got to Have Friends