Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

The disciples find themselves in a boat, with a nod to Snoopy, "On a dark and stormy night." These guys didn't mean for it to be like this.  They didn't start when it was dark, or stormy. In such an …

When playing the game of make-believe, one often requires an ability, without which one will fail in the quest.  The same is true in the spiritual life.

In the feeding of the 5000, Philip and Andrew a…

Miracles are divine interruptions that help identify the activity of the divine.  They give us opportunities to then respond to the divine moment.  That is all good news. The bad news is that miracle…

My actual physical Bible is my single favorite object on this earth. Absent what it reveals, specifically WHO it reveals, it is WORTHLESS. It is the OBJECT of the Scriptures, that give the Scriptures…

What if in the court of your heart, you didn't allow certain expert witnesses that corroborate the claims of Jesus? That certainly would not be just.  

Jesus is calling for a fair assessment of the cl…

In today's podcast, somebody claims heavenly prerogatives, privileges and powers. It is a good thing that it is Jesus. Hear. Believe. Give honor where due.  Let's look forward to the hour when we see…

Do you ever feel like KILLING JESUS? If so, you are not the first.  You are in good company.  Here' a surprise: if so, you are welcome here. I'm not saying it is the best response, but I am saying th…

What DUTY do I have to particular days of the week, specifically Sunday, the Sabbath? Jesus seeks to be "Lord of your Sabbath". For some, that might mean working HARDER to even have something to Sabb…

A man is healed. Yea! But what if he is healed on an INCONVENIENT day?  Let's then detain him, for breaking a man-made rule. 

Back the bus up here. He was H E A L E D. This is a big deal in the histor…

Do you want to be healed? One might think the answer would ALWAYS be yes. Alas, sometimes the answer is no.  Jesus will make such a challenge today.

Jesus leaves a gap: a place for our response, for o…

What might you do with a SECOND miracle? Today, we get one, but it is a "minor" miracle.  It's minor, unless you ask the people involved in the story.  For them, it was the most important thing in th…

The Woman at the Well wasn't the only one there.  The disciples show up after a trip to the grocery store and are thrown into a crash course on evangelism.  Sometimes you are a sower. Sometimes a rea…

If you ever share your spiritual story, know that it will not be your listener's first spiritual day. Your story adds to the labor of many who have gone before you. It is like adding your quarter to …

If you are not worshipping God, you are not in right relationship with God.  To know God is to worship Him.  There is no knowing Him without worshipping Him.  You can actually use it as a marker of y…

The disclosure of one's sexual history and sexual present reveals what one believes about God. Having a sexual conversation led to having a spiritual conversation. For the woman at the well, this con…

A Samaritan woman finds herself "sexually-transparent" before Jesus. Everything she has ever done with her zipper. Everyone she's done it with.  Even everything that has gone on in her head. 

I do not…

Join me today to discover one of the essential ingredients to having the spiritual light-bulb ignite inside you: CURIOSITY. The woman at the well had it and so should you as you inquire enthusiastica…

Despite a backstory of 2000 years
Despite a gender barrier
Despite a historical barrier of hate
and despite Jesus' weariness,
We come to a wonderful encounter at a well in Samaria. Listen 7 minutes.

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 Many devout Jews wouldn't set foot in Samaria, much less talk to anyone there, much less a woman.  There was a 700 year old problem that never went away in Samaria.  It was as if there was a "Mini-A…

Someday, we'll worship God for His righteous wrath. Meantime, we'd best deal with its pointy end. Anyone and everyone starts out with WRATH REMAINING upon us. None of us is holy. But good news, if we…