The Pharisees seek out Jesus because they are frustrated. They want to catch Jesus on the horns of their dilemma. Jesus is unraveling their world; all of their allegiances and assumptions. And so they go to trap Jesus with an inscrutable riddle, and with flattery. “And so the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap Jesus… Continue reading Something Money Cannot Buy
Author: aboydjohnson
Cathedral Dean - Shreveport - Father of 4 - Husband to Liza.
All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go
A few years ago a consumer research firm did a study about gift cards. Gift cards for coffee, books, music, clothes, food, etc. It represented about one billion dollars in unredeemed gifts. You know, grab one at the check-out, for Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, etc. Here is what they found in the study… Continue reading All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go
Virtue Is Its Own Reward
The story is told of a politician, a poet, and a farmer who discovered a bottle with a genie inside. One of them rubbed the bottle and freed the genie, who generously offered to grant one wish to each of the three. The politician went first, and wished that he would be granted a… Continue reading Virtue Is Its Own Reward
Frailty Along The Way
When I was the young rector of my first parish in the Mississippi Delta, I used to play ping-pong some afternoons with the older and wiser Presbyterian minister in the town. It seems that I was pre-destined to win a few of those games. And while we would slap the ball back and forth this… Continue reading Frailty Along The Way
Interruptions Along The Way
I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. —Malcolm Muggeridge, British journalist and Christian apologist For anything worth doing in life, there is a moment when we… Continue reading Interruptions Along The Way
