As Jesus transitions from his Beatitudes into the depth of the Sermon on the Mount, he makes a declaration:  “You are the salt of the earth. …You are the light of the world.” (Matthew 5:13-14)  What jumps out at me […]

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were close friends, both with absolutely brilliant minds, and the ability to make seemingly complicated theology very simple. Lewis famously observed, “Jesus is either who he said he is, or he is a liar or […]

We finished 2021, pre-Christmas, studying the Beatitudes. I intend to return to the Beatitudes for a thorough deep dive. But for now, I want to start this new year reminding you of “What is most Important.” Here again is a […]

Apparently this went out in one of my friend’s Christmas cards this year. I must have written it back in 2004, just as we were getting 721 started. Here it is unedited from 17 years ago… Recently I realized exactly […]