May We Be Faithful Stewards

by | Jun 26, 2024 | Devotionals

A while back, Dr. Lamar Cooper asked for a time to visit me in my office. (He has since passed.) I wondered if he was going to update me on his recent writings or the Qumran dig. Instead, he entered with a thick quarto-sized volume and offered it to me as a gift: an...

Lay Down Good Tracks

by | Jun 19, 2024 | Devotionals

Awaking the second morning of a stay in Colorado to a fresh layer of snow, we insulated ourselves against the cold and ventured out like Texas rubes to explore the vast and pristine wilderness of our cabin’s mountainside driveway. It is actually more impressive and...

The Reminder Is the Easy Part

by | Jun 12, 2024 | Devotionals

There is a basic truth in the first seven verses of The Book of Proverbs. The passage begins with three things for us to do: to know, to understand, and to receive. The middle of the passage prescribes that even the wise increase in learning, while those who...

Consciousness Is A Weird Thing

by | Jun 5, 2024 | Devotionals

Indulge me two paragraphs, one philosophical and one personal, and I will do my best to encourage your regard for others. Consciousness is a weird thing. Weirdness 1: The privileged access I have to my own consciousness. What I think is what I think I think, and...

Regardless of the Raven

by | May 29, 2024 | Devotionals

I left the Metroplex one Friday morning early for what had become an almost annual ascent to the seeing and skiing of Colorado—this one with my son-in-law and oldest granddaughter. Just north of Santa Fe we stopped for gas and to pick up sandwiches for the road. With...