(Luke 15:11-32 ESV) Usually at the end of a story loose ends are wrapped up. Satisfied sigh.  Other times, a lingering question niggles away. As in the case of the Prodigal Son. To be clear, the Prodigal and his family are characters in a parable, not actual people. Theirs is just a story.  But why…

“I wonder what would happen if we had a deep conversation . . .” The comment catches me off guard because we’re really just casual friends.  What kind of deep conversation, I wonder.  I never find out because it never comes up again.  Maybe they were never meant to be more than just casual words…

(Proverbs 30:18-19, Philippians 4:8-9) Who is moved to tears in the book of Proverbs? I would have guessed not a soul, except that my tears are flowing. The good kind. In all fairness, I haven’t been even remotely moved to tears until this second-to-last chapter. Specifically, just two verses. Whose beauty is astounding. The first…