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Adventure: Week 12
Maybe it was a while back when we were reading through Matthew and the Sermon on the Mount and you thought, “Did Jesus really say that?” Or perhaps you thought, “He couldn’t have meant what it sounds...
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Adventure: Week 13
Maybe you remember, early in the semester when we read through Acts, that Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2) reminded the Jewish people who heard him preach that “this Jesus whom you...
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Adventure: Week 14
According to some traditions, the early apostolic father Polycarp, received his name for the Greek phrase in verse 5 that is translated “much fruit.” Apparently those who knew him best believed that he...
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Adventure: Week 15
The short little epistle we know as 1 John is an incredible gift to us from God. In it we find encouragement to allow our hope to be real. That reality is rooted in our faith that Jesus came in …...
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Adventure: Week 16
In the Christian calendar, the beginning of new year begins with Advent – a time of waiting. In the civil calendar, we are nearly to mid-December and “waiting” is the last thing we have time to do....
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The Word and the World
It isn’t uncommon at the beginning of a new year to have conversations about “resolutions.” They often – in first-world contexts at least – have to do with how much weight we are going to lose; how...
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The Adventure of Reading
Whenever we meet someone new, we’re always trying to get a handle on the type of individual that is standing in front of us. For me, one of the aspects of people that I find most insightful is how they...
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Thrive
Setting goals can be really hard for me, because I’m such a big picture person. I think to myself “How could I possibly set a goal for an entire year? A year is so long! What if God wants to … Continue...
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Kids and Media
It’s all about the ads. At least, that’s true for many viewers of the Super Bowl . . . those who don’t really care about the game, but can’t wait to see this year’s crop of advertisements. (Myself...
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Rachel weeps again: Mourning with Charleston
The news out of Charleston late Wednesday night has served to once again remind us of what a fragile world in which we live. The horror of knowing that a shooting happened inside a church building...
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Blessed Assurance
Growing up during the time that I did, if you were a church-going person, you learned the words to lots of hymns – at least “the first, second and final stanza” words. One of those hymns for me was...
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Arms Outstretched
You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, … Continue...
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Day 1: 21 Day Devotional
Today we begin a 21 day journey in prayer together. As president of Point University I am asking that you join me in praying every day for Point University. Continue reading →
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Day 2: Put Me in Coach
I am a college football fan. Specifically, I am an Alabama Crimson Tide football fan. You are reading this the day after Alabama will have played Clemson for the national championship. That was also...
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Day 3: Step Out and Reach In
“Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” (1 Peter 4:9-10...
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Day 4: Are We There Yet?
I remember as a little girl traveling with my family to see my grandparents who lived a couple of states away. We might have been driving for about twenty minutes, when inevitably a quick question...
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Day 5: Great Grace
The best word to describe how we have become God’s holy people is grace. The Apostle Paul says in Ephesians that we have been saved by grace through faith. Faith is important. We believe that God...
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Day 6: In His Image
The Bible opens in Genesis 1 with Creation: God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness….” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female...
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Day 7: Designed for Community
In June 2014, Dr. Susan Ryan and I took a group of Point students on a tour of Europe. A few months before our departure, once the final roster of travelers was settled, I remember realizing that many...
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What’s in a Name?
One of my favorite women in history is Chief Wilma Mankiller of the Cherokee Nation. What a name! You can talk about Betty and Wilma of Flintstones fame or the obvious connotations of Mankiller. Not...
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