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Cooking is one of my favorite hobbies. Since I started cooking, some dishes have turned out beautifully, while others… not so much. In those moments of failure, it would be quite an encouragement to know that celebrity chefs like Wolfgang Puck or Cat Cora had burnt a soufflé or two in their lifetimes (although I have never heard them admit to such failure).
Listening to Chris introduce the gospel of Mark on Sunday, he asked “What will the gospel MAKE of me?” Like world-renowned chefs, the writers of the New Testament often seem nearly infallible to me at first glance. After all, God used them to be a part of His Holy Scripture! But when I take a closer look at any of them, I see that God uses people in the midst of their sin and failures. As Chris said, “the gospel of Mark will remind you that the grace of Jesus Christ is bigger than your failures.” Continue Reading →
After four days of non-stop blogging, you may be wondering what happened? Did our new experiment fail? Have our writers already burned out? Is no one reading this but me??
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I knew that the entertainment lifetime of this item would be (at best) a day, so I gave a rapid “no.” Despite protests, I stood my ground. I reminded my child of all the new and semi-new gadgets already at our home and, like a good father, emphasized the many reasons there were to be satisfied. My sweet child’s response? “I don’t have anything to be happy about!”
