It's A Small World . . .

Having recently returned from Disney World, I was thinking about our trip and the many wonderful memories that we always create on our visits to the land of Mickey Mouse.  Of all the parks, Magic Kingdom is my favorite.  I especially love the Philhar-magic attraction.  But no trip to the Magic Kingdom is complete without a cruise on the boats of  “It’s a Small World.”  Of all the trips we’ve taken, I don’t think we’ve ever neglected the Small World ride.  I have so many memories of my boys in awe of all the tiny, dancing, ethnically diverse wooden people.  And I have just as many of Justin rolling his eyes at the ride and making fun of the hippo with the messed up left eye.  And now that Gabe is older, he makes fun of it too.  But Jack still sees the magic of the Small World.

Times of Turmoil

Turmoil is defined as: “a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.”[1]

We live in a time of tremendous turmoil.  There’s no need for examples of turmoil because there is so much of it around right now.  Whether the turmoil we experience is national, international, personal or interpersonal, turmoil is everywhere.   What we need to remember is this: turmoil has had free reign in human history since the beginning of time and it will continue to show itself until the reign of Christ in the new heaven and new earth.  So, the question is, how do we find peace and stability in the midst of turmoil?

The Jesus Wept Principle

This week I was thinking about the big story of God.  I was considering how important it is to keep my understanding of Scripture within the Grand Story of God and God’s interactions with humans and creation.  Scripture means very little when it is isolated, and quite often isolating a Scripture robs it of its true meaning and if not its true meaning, it is robbed of its full meaning when isolated. 

Transformers

The Transformers are back in theaters.  Autobots, Decepticons . . . the machines we Gen Xers remember from our childhood.  Only now they’re in a movie sequel that cast Patrick Dempsey as the bad guy.  Really?  Not an ideal bad guy – but that’s another blog’s territory.  Since we saw the movie last weekend, I thought it would make an excellent blog title.  After all, isn’t that what humans really are – transformers?

Writing For The Broken

Broken-hearted is a powerful term.  Just google the phrase and you'll see tons of song lyrics about broken-hearted people.  You'll see images that people created to express their broken hearts.  You'll even see sites that promise 15 scientific steps to heal a broken heart.  Wow.