CAREFULLY CARELESS

When we meet new people on the road, we know nothing about their background. Nothing at all to keep us from assuming the best. We have nothing with which to hold against such a new acquaintance. There is no preconceived context to place them in a labeled box. They are given a clean slate with which to draw themselves. They can present any side or angle of themselves that they wish to show us. This contrasts how our biological families and longstanding neighbors present invit

There's enemy, who has entered into our big western churches because it's easier to hide there. The grander, wider and more stretched thin the church, the more effortless the concealment. The big, bad wolf only has to put on grandma's cap and gown, and we hardly notice a difference between him and our elderly loved ones. He slips in masquerading as an angel of light, and all his servants mimic the saints they sit next to in the pews (2 Cor. 11:14). This enemy has lulled us i

"The term honeymoon comes from the idea that “the first month of marriage is the sweetest”, hence honey (sweet) and moon (referring to a calendar month). Back in the day (we're talking 5th century), the Babylonians would give the bride's father a month's worth of mead to ensure his daughter's happiness (and to make him forget how much he spent on the wedding). This month was called the "honey month," which eventually evolved into our beloved "honeymoon." (batchmead.com, Feb.

Stranger: "Basta premere il pulsante e uscirà l’etichetta con il prezzo del pane da usare alla cassa, ma bisogna pesarlo prima della stampa." Me: "Uh. Sí." On more than one occasion since living overseas, I have been rightfully humbled, feeling what many marginalized persons have felt before--I must be dumb, or at the very least, missing something key to comprehension. The foreigner, the elderly, the disabled, and the minority have all felt this same feeling, not because of a