Today’s Walk in the Word

Do not worry about your life.             —Matthew 6:25 In my neck of the woods, weather warnings trigger a lot of hand-wringing. The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1 and ends on November 30. On December 1, some breathe a sigh of relief and get on with life. […]

How long shall I put up with you?                   —Matthew 17:17 Most children go through a period when they are exasperating—and you just have to put up with it. Your spouse? You just have to put up with it. I had to put up with some contrary […]

When he appears, we shall be like him.                              —1 John 3:2 Men’s Wearhouse, a coast-to-coast men’s clothing chain, achieved big-time recognition by flooding the market with television commercials, ending with founder George Zimmer’s trademark line, “You’re going to like the way […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                     —1 Chronicles 16:34 A mannerly child is lovely, but every parent knows it takes a lot of training to produce one. When something nice has been done or something good has been given, the child is […]

Anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.                   —Matthew 25:40 When Ludvig Nobel, the older brother of Alfred Nobel, died in 1888, a French journalist mistakenly thought the deceased was Alfred, the inventor of dynamite. He posted a […]

I have finished the work you gave me to do.                                            —John 17:4 Warren Buffett, one of the world’s wealthiest humans, applied for admission to Harvard Business School in 1950 but was turned down. He […]

All of you will desert me.             —Mark 14:27 Perhaps your Christianity has never been questioned—by anyone but you. But you remember a time when you said, thought, or did something that exposed a weakness. It grieves you. On their walk to Gethsemane, Jesus told his disciples that all of […]

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.                       —Proverbs 15:30 It costs nothing but is worth much. It can’t be bought, but you can possess it. It enriches those who receive it without making those who give it poorer. It isn’t found in the […]

Put your house in order, because you are going to die.              —2 Kings 20:1 If your doctor said, “You have six months to live, would your priorities change? I’m guessing that every day would be mapped for maximum pleasure and profit. But those words—pleasure and profit—might take on new […]

Be faithful until death.   —Revelation 2:10 James and John were brothers. They had much in common: both were apostles; both were members of the threesome closest to Jesus; both were ambitious for privileged positions in the coming kingdom. But the direction their lives took were vastly different. James was the first apostle to die; […]