Who is your best friend? Why would you give the person that title? The word “best” implies the one at the top of the list, a single person.
Formations 08.11.2019: The Best Laid Plans
August 4, 2019 by
There’s an old quip that if you want to make God laugh, all you have to do is show God your planner. When we say something like that, I hope we understand that God isn’t out to get us.
Connections 01.20.2019: The Best Is Yet to Come
January 13, 2019 by
“Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now” (v. 10). That’s what the steward of the wedding feast, who has just tasted the water that Jesus turned into wine, says to the bridegroom.
Connections 08.05.2018: The Best Bread
July 29, 2018 by
My childhood friend Cal and I spent a lot of time at each other’s houses. That meant we often ate lunch at each other’s houses too. The only thing I remember about eating at his house was that they had Tang, which I thought was cool because (a) astronauts drank it (according to the commercials—Tang commercials, not NASA ones) and (b) we didn’t have it at our house.
Formations 01.01.2017: Good and Best
December 25, 2016 by
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you were willing to give up almost anything to achieve it? You may know parents who scrimped and saved to send their children to college. You may know stories of athletes or artists who spend hour after hour perfecting their skills.
Formations 10.09.2016: The Discipline of Giving
October 2, 2016 by
Our October unit invites us to think about giving as another spiritual discipline. Maybe this one isn’t so obvious. Depending on your upbringing, you might have been taught that giving, especially giving to the church, was more in the category of a religious duty.