How much is enough? The author of Proverbs 30 offers interesting reflection–“Two things I ask of you; do not deny them to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need, or I shall be full, and deny you,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: truth
Three-Sided Ice Bucket . . . or is it Four?
Have you seen the “Ice Bucket Challenge?” If you’ve spent more than five minutes on Facebook you’ve probably already been tagged and challenged. The Ice Bucket Challenge is a short video challenging others to either donate $100 to the ALS Association or donate only $25 and make up the difference by dumping a bucket of… Read more »
Downton Abbey Morality: Truth and Deception
One lesson I learned at an early age is when mom asked a question, she typically already knew the answer. “What grade did you make on your math test yesterday?” was a familiar question in my high school years. I knew that mom wasn’t searching for information; rather she was giving me an opportunity to… Read more »
Jesus, Pilate, and Barabbas
Much like Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, and denial, we again find ourselves as a self-reflecting audience of a three-act drama. Last week we discovered that Peter’s denial, “I do not know or understand what you are talking about,” was a fearful expression narrating the mob’s fear of the unknown, the council’s fear of what Jesus’ messianic… Read more »