THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS
George loved the beautiful trees in his garden, and their blossoms were his most prized possessions. But a thief trampled the blooms, stole one of his buds, and George got…
“THE JEWEL ON THIN ICE” (ADAPTED FROM SOREN KIERKEGAARD)
Tim sat in his father’s hospital room. The old building overlooked the frozen lake in the middle of the barony, crowded with skaters surrounded by their admirers. Tim’s dad was…
REFLECTION: THE JEWEL ON THIN ICE
God wants to give us the desires of our hearts, but some of our hearts are so empty that God’s rewards feel insignificant, unclear, and unsatisfying. Your life now is…
THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT
A shaman once gave a girl a bottle of magic ointment. Each time the girl put it on her face she transformed into the most beautiful woman in the world….
The Legend of Buraq
Libya is a desert cauldron, a playground for ifrits and devils. Archego had been born in the desert, but had no love for it. Especially not now. He had been…
Furious George: a children’s companion to “Sin Monkey”
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”I always want the children’s ministry and the adult ministry at Westwinds to rhyme. So, when we began teaching on hamartiology (the theology of sin), I thought it…
Is this the beginning?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Since Adam and Eve certainly didn’t write Genesis 1…who did? Who is responsible for penning the most important framing narrative of Judeo-Christian spirituality? Most will answer that it…
The Valley of Dry Bones (a fictional reconstruction)
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Sometimes I wonder where the prophecies in the Bible come from. I mean, I know they come from God…but what about the context of the prophet’s life? Surely…
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