Today’s Walk in the Word

Don’t you care if we drown?              —Mark 4:38 Some of Jesus’ disciples were experienced mariners who made their living on the water. But they were no match for the storm that swamped their boat on this day—and they were terrified. Jesus was sound asleep, and that rubbed them the […]

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart.           —Hebrews 3:15 Jesus spotted Zacchaeus perched in a tree beside the road in Jericho. The little man had made the climb hoping to get a look at this teacher everyone was talking about. Jesus said, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. […]

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it.                        —1 Corinthians 12:25 Our world is not just about us; it is also about those close to us—some of whom are fighting private wars, secret hungers, inner poverty. Paul denounced a myopic self-interest and encouraged […]

I came that [you] may have life, and have it abundantly.            —John 10:10 Some wag said, “The only thing in life that is certain is that nothing is certain.” Not true! Here are two things about which I feel certain. Life is a gift from God to be treasured and […]

If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.                        —Proverbs 9:12 Consciously avoid negative “Ifs”— If the teacher hadn’t had it in for me . . . If my father had been more attentive . […]

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?                                     —Mark 8:36 The day Frederick Buechner graduated from Princeton, a fellow student asked each graduate, “What are you going to do now?” […]

Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven.             —Romans 4:7 People thought she was whacko. She claimed that she and Jesus talked one-on-one every night and that he revealed to her the misdeeds of people who thought their sins were secret. Someone told her she should validate these alleged conversations […]

Do to others as you would have them do to you.                                            —Luke 6:31 Sybil was poor and cross-eyed. She wore homemade dresses and thick glasses. The class bully got in her face and said, […]

Your kingdom come, your will be done.                           —Matthew 6:10 “During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death” (Heb 5:7). In Gethsemane, Jesus […]

Blessed are those who find wisdom —Proverbs 3:13 Not all wisdom is cut from the same cloth. There is a worldly wisdom that is driven by envy and selfish ambition. “Such ‘wisdom’ . . . is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.” It bears the fruit of “disorder and every evil practice” (Jas 3:14–16). Then there is a […]