Live Out Love

“I will show you a still more excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31). If you have trusted in Christ, then you are a part of his Body.  Like our physical bodies, this Body has many parts, but all function together, each doing its job.  If one member suffers, all suffer together.  This is easy to understand …

Parent or Guardian Required

Forms are a part of life, beginning in childhood.  I remember all the school and medical forms of various kinds which had to be signed “by parent or guardian.”  I think being adopted must have made me more sensitive to the distinction between parent and guardian, and I remember the feeling of discomfort that some …

Deconstruction

Deconstruction.  What a sad word.  It implies an undoing of something that is complete and whole.  Deconstructing is far easier than constructing.    In my work as a pediatric occupational therapist, I often see children whom I call my “deconstructors.”  They are not yet able to grasp the concept of a particular activity but will …

Surrounded

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.  The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 What does it mean to be “in Christ?”  That phrase (in Christ) is used around 180 times in the New Testament, depending on the translation you use.  The dictionary definition of …