Fit for the Kingdom

What makes us fit? A good fit?Our shape? Size? Color? Language? Nationality?Our behavior? Net worth? Service record?Our church membership? Community service? Volunteer hours?Our education? Employment? Contribution? Is itHow many lives we’ve touched?How many stories we’ve listened to?How many hands we’ve held?How many sacrifices we’ve made?How many gifts we’ve given?What we’ve done? What we’ve left undone? […]

When Chemistry became Biology

What are we made of? the stuff of starsthe elements of the periodic tableconcocted of chemicals that explode,ions that interact,molecules that relate. We are the stuff of life.No more, no lessand yet. Yet,we think, and moveand have our being. Somehow we animated,went from sketch to living color.Our chemistry became biology,we moved from dead in our […]

What would I wear to a job interview with the Creator?

I am mailing a package at the Exxon station down the road, (Yes, they are the only place without a line at the first of the year.) and the owner comes to weigh and post my parcel. I don’t know him well, but he is a kind and gracious man. We have never had a […]