It took Jack Nicklaus ten years, but he succeeded. He designed and built a professional golf course near his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. In fact, since 1999, when Jack walks the course he has to …
Author: Rick Kelley
Christian, husband, father, proclaimer, servant. Also...feeder of pets, lover of songs, player of instruments, writer of words, questioner of the universe, and consumer of info. Laborer in the kingdom (Massillon, OH since 2014).
Your Kingdom Come
"Your kingdom come" (Matt. 6:10). The words of Jesus continually fascinate and overwhelm me, and the Sermon on the Mount is the longest (recorded) discourse of any sort in the ministry of Jesus. At an …
Sometimes, teacher. Always, student (an anecdote).
I’ve tried for almost 25 years now to teach The Way, James’ warning notwithstanding (James 3:1). Probably somewhere along the line, someone learned something useful. I hope so. God specializes in making something out of …
Fill in the blanks
Can one of the secrets to Jesus’ spiritual success also be the secret to ours?
Peace, via Sword
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword" (Matt. 10:34). Ours is a story of war. There have been wars between …
Thank God for the wilderness
"He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by …
Love First, Questions Later
…and everyone got a living lesson about God’s grace.
What you crave
Ever peek in the fridge knowing you want something, but don’t what it is?
The suffering was the Plan
Suffering was the plan; death is the path.
But, Why?
This vignette of our adolescent Savior has been the subject of much wonder, and rightly so.