Have you ever noticed how quickly we turn a teacher into a team? A name gets said in a room — Calvin, Luther, Augustine — and the air changes. Someone puts the name on like a jersey. Someone else takes the opposite side of the same name. Before long we are not asking what the … Read more
On a farm, milk is not a joke. It is how a living thing starts. A calf does not apologize for needing it. A mother does not sneer while she gives it. Nobody in the barn calls milk “baby talk” and then wonders why the young one is thin. Milk is a gift. It is … Read more
Jesus did not start with a class. He started with a question. He was on the road, near Caesarea Philippi, when He asked the disciples what the crowd was saying. “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They had answers ready. John the Baptist. Elijah. Jeremiah. One of the prophets. Good names. … Read more
