Category: Life Notes

Life Notes—June 3, 2010  “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you… Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”  Luke 6:27, 31  A number of years ago a former pastor of … Continue reading Uncomfortable Commands

Life Notes—May 27, 2010  “…suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”  Romans 5:3b-5  This passage comes from the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Romans, … Continue reading Suffering’s Greater Purpose

Life Notes—May 20, 2010  “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.  And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.  Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested … Continue reading Divided Tongues

Life Notes—May 13, 2010  “The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one.  I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as … Continue reading Different, yet One

Life Notes—May 6, 2010  “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”  John 14:27  There is something special about relationships with those to whom we are intimately intertwined.  … Continue reading Shared History

Life Notes—April 29, 2010  “Little children, I am with you only a little while longer.  You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’”  John 13:33  I have been to Salt Lake City a number of times.  It is … Continue reading The Ultimate Mystery

Life Notes—April 22, 2010  “He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.  They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know … Continue reading A Good Follower

Life Notes—April 15, 2010  “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’  He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’”  John 21:15  I have never been around lambs.  My mother, who … Continue reading Moments for Mutton

Life Notes—April 8, 2010  “But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”  John 20:25b  My daughter, Grace, was born suspicious about Santa Claus.  The whole ‘coming down … Continue reading Faith-Guided Vision

Life Notes—April 1, 2010  “What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.”  1 Corinthians 15:50  One of the mysteries of the structure of the United States is the relationship between, yet the separation of church and state.  One … Continue reading In, Not Of