The Pharisees spent a chapter asking questions. They seemed to care. It was artifice. They were trying to trick Jesus. They couldn’t. They quit asking him questions. He didn’t need their questions to give them answers, however. Jesus spends chapter 23 of Matthew critiquing every aspect of their behavior, the very behavior they believed made […]

The whole point of 300wordsaday.com is considering what following Jesus looks like.  We’ve walked through most of 22 chapters of Matthew already (and some other territory). We’ve watched his followers (the disciples) do stuff and listen to stuff and argue about stuff. I was fully prepared to look at chapter 22 and talk about the […]

Have you ever been part of interviewing an organizational consultant? There is always some fear in these conversations, fear that this person will be looking closely at your area.  You believe that everything in your area is great, of course. The problems lie in the production area or in marketing or in customer service or […]

Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs 27:6 We want to hear nice things about us. We want to know that people find us wise. We love to be loved. Sometimes nice words aren’t nice. Sometimes nice words are the fresh cheese in a mousetrap, the sweet fruit laced […]

The kingdom of heaven is a party, Part 1 They start looking forward to the guests arriving and everyone being in awe of the preparations. It’s the kind of story we love. “but they refused to come.” The imagination of everyone listening came to a screeching stop. This was not going to be an ordinary […]