Today’s Walk in the Word

I have come into the world as a light.                     —John 12:46 Isaiah saw people walking in darkness. So do we. Darkness permeates our world, our towns, the conduct of many who govern, the lives of some we love … and too often our own lives. […]

It is he who made us, and we are his.                      —Psalm 100:3 Jesus left his church in the hands of eleven men. Ornate cathedrals in Europe depict them in stained glass and sculpted marble as seraphic saints. Truth be told they were men of moderate […]

Anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.                        —Luke 14:27 You make some decisions that aren’t life-or-death important: where you eat, what you wear, where you live. And some that are bottom-line crucial; decisions that determine direction and […]

Do not be anxious about anything.                 —Philippians 4:6 How did Paul come up with that Pollyanna line? He was in the pokey when he wrote it, and had reason to be anxious about everything. He wasn’t delusional; didn’t deny that bad things happen. You’re going to have […]

Teach us to number our days.               —Psalm 90:12 Frederick Buechner said it takes about one-sixth as long to write Xmas as it does to write Christmas. “If you do your cards by hand,” he said, “it is possible to save as much as seventy-five or eighty minutes a […]

Even to your old age … I am he who will sustain you.         —Isaiah 46:4 Old age is sort of like living in an old house. The plumbing doesn’t work right; the windows are streaked and hard to see through; there may be a few bats in the attic; the exterior […]

Today salvation has come to this house.                         —Luke 19:9 Zacchaeus was a runt and a crook—a bagman for Rome’s IRS. He swindled tax payers; gave the government their take and pocketed the rest. When people saw him slithering down the street, they quickly […]

Whoever loses his life for me will find it.                    —Matthew 16:25 Legendary coach Vince Lombardi said, “Winning isn’t everything—it’s the only thing!” That’s pretty much the way the world sees things. Jesus turned that view upside down. Winners aren’t the rich, famous, and powerful. Winners are […]

Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you.                            —2 Timothy 1:6 Many voices jockey for your attention. Some angle for self-gratification, saying that you have the right to spend your time in idleness or personal pleasure. Others shriek that […]

I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.                  —Galatians 2:20  “The two most important days in your life,” said Mark Twain, “are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Be consumed with finding that “why”—absorbed with discovering his purpose for your […]