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This week’s reflection, My God Is Love is part 6 of a series by Raymond Key on My God and I. The guest author, Mr. Key, who at age 100+ has a lot of wisdom to share. Blessings and peace, Chaplain Allenchaplain@nationsu.edu chaplainscorner.org The little legs ran swiftly across the floor. Little arms reached up. She…

Five Suggestions In this Reflection, I present five suggestions for facing a devastating crisis. Sooner or later, each of us will be called on to care for someone in a time of unparalleled grief. A daughter is tragically killed in an automobile accident. A friend’s pet dog is diagnosed with cancer. Hurricanes and tornadoes strike…

This week’s guest Reflection on “The Truth About Unity in the Church” is written by Chris Tomlin, a famous contemporary composer of Christian hymns. It seems he is also a gifted writer, as evidenced by this Reflection. I’m not sure I would buy every last word he has written, but he certainly gets down to…

Are we living and worshipping in our own stovepipes? Last Sunday afternoon I was at an assisted living facility with my 100-year mother-in-law. We were listening to a video-based worship service from a Church of Christ in San Antonio.  I became acutely aware that two doors down the hallway a group of Catholics were listening…

Have you ever compared good versus great? As we go through life, I am struck by how often settling for what is “good” gets in the way of what is “great”. For example, as couples settle into marriage they sometimes lose the spark that comes from spending quality time with one another. They fill their…

Let freedom ring… We hear the word freedom mentioned a lot. Even the national anthem of the United States uses the word to describe that country as the land of the free. The founding fathers would probably have wanted it that way… along with the remembrance of risks and sacrifices made by those opposing British…

Did you ever think about the best father ever? Sunday, June 19, was a day to celebrate fathers. It is called “Father’s Day”, a special time for families to share how much their father means to them and how they have been blessed by their father’s example. At one church in Texas, several of the…

Just as there is food for our bodies, there is spiritual food for the body of Christ. Jesus did many things that, in the beginning, perplexed those who were called to follow him. He washed their feet. He told them to love one another. He demonstrated that love by being available even when he was…

This week’s Reflection summarizes the story of God and His relationship to man. I have boiled it down to ten “bullet points” and hope they can be of use for both the reader’s learning and for sharing with others. This is a story of creation, separation, and a joyful reconciliation. It includes the concepts of…

People important to you cross your life, touch it with love and carelessness, and then move on. Other people leave you, and you breathe a sigh of relief. You wonder why you ever came in contact with them. There are people who leave you, and you breathe a sigh of remorse and wonder why they…