Tag: peacemaker
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Peacemakers in our Lives
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words…
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A Peacemaker’s Advent: the Magi
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Matthew 2:1-2 At the risk of spoiling your nativity…
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In Way Over Our Heads
Tuesday Re-mix: What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. Psalm 8:4-5 Back in 1985, when I came out of law school and started work as a very wet-behind-the-ears lawyer, I expected to be stuck…