... of their purpose. One day, the guards happened to catch the men saying the pledge. They dragged Mike away and beat him brutally. But that very night when Mike returned to his cell, he began gathering pieces of cloth again. He was already starting on another flag ... or Discontent: Which Tent Do You Live In?" 2. “Man of Conscience" by Brad Stetson, World May 17/24, 1997, p. 25. 3. Leigh W. Rutledge. Would I Lie to You? (New York: A Plume Book, 1998), pp. 16-17. 3. Jamie Buckingham, Parables (Lake Mary, Florida ...
... truth. But do you know how the truth is actualized. It is actualized primarily in the little things of life. Back in 1987, Mike Hardin wrote a column in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch. He was talking about an experience he had had visiting a cherished friend who was ... the sweat from his forehead. "So, in the end, love comes down to this, I thought: Not some Clark Gable appraisal of Vivian Leigh or some sex symbol's seductive pose, but "Help me sit up." In the end, love is not a smoldering glance across the ...
The salvation God offers us in Jesus Christ entails being saved from our sense of worthlessness, of not being good enough, of being good for nothing, of not deserving to be loved for who we are. On Mother’s Day I observed that each of us has been created with a God-hole. In that God-hole lies all our self-doubt and shame. It remains there until God fills that hole. We try to fill the hole with God-substitutes. We try to overcome the self-doubt by proving ourselves. The world gives us a cafeteria line to ...
