by William Edge | Sep 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have an old story in my files from many years ago that I found on the website Elbourne.org. In it, one man told another at a school function for their kids: “I’ve been racking my mind, but I can’t place you. You look very much like somebody I have...
by William Edge | Sep 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
We live in volatile times. Loving others calls us to override our feelings and emotions. We have to will ourselves to do the loving thing even when we don’t feel like it. We act because it is the right thing for us as Christians who follow Jesus. There is an old...
by William Edge | Sep 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Managing anger can be challenging. For decades, husbands and wives have been taught to never go to bed angry. There is an old story about a husband and wife experiencing a conflict. They each resorted to the classic “silent treatment.” Then the man realized he would...
by William Edge | Aug 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here’s a question for you: Does killing your enemy work? Have you ever fantasized about destroying your enemies? What if society allowed you to kill your enemy in an honorable way? Aaron Burr had a legitimate beef with Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton had spread vicious...
by William Edge | Aug 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tradition and scripture indicate that Jesus spent most of his life as a carpenter. Prison Fellowship’s Mark Earley wrote a few years ago about an amusing moment in the movie The Passion of the Christ: The scene shows Jesus at work as a carpenter, finishing a table....
