A Matter of Trust

One of my favorite television programs first aired in the 1960’s. I recently watched the first season of that program again. Two episodes grabbed my attention this time. Although each was written by a different writer, both episodes dealt with trust. In the first of these two stories, the main characters began to mistrust each other. In the second, this group began to mistrust those around them. In both episodes, a sense of trust was restored. Although each was written by a different person, their messages were the same. Namely, trust was something that had to be earned. I...

Agents of Change

People, as a rule, dislike change. If we had our way, we would like things to stay pretty much the way they are. Yet things change all the time. No matter how much we dislike it, one thing can be said for change. Without change growth would be impossible. There would be no advancement. There would be no advancements in medicine. There would be no advancements in technology. Despite every advancement people still tend to dislike change. People in the past were not that much different from us. About 2,000 years, people encountered the biggest change ever in Jesus...