
Open Doors Intro
“Ask, and it will be given you; search and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
— Matthew 7:7-8 (NRSV)
“When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
— Acts 14:27 (NRSV)
“I know your works. Look I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
— Revelation 3:8 (NRSV)
“Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.
— Revelation 3:20 (NRSV)
Throughout scripture God opens doors--doors of ministry, doors of the heart, doors of the mind, doors of hope. Open Doors is a page dedicated to sharing some creative writings that I hope can Open Doors in others lives.

Finding Hope in a Pawn Shop: A Parable on the Value of Every Human

The Man and the Hole: A Parable on Wisdom Learned and Shared

The Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change

Motivation and Inspiration

The Touch of the Master's Hand

What is it to Deny One's Self

My Life in Paint and Blood

The Solution

The Row: A Parable of America's Two Party Problem

An Interview with a Disciple: Encountering Peter
The War is Won: Defeating Temptation

Two Mysteries Met on the Side of the Road: A Poem on the Problem of Pain

A Criminal's Account: A Good Friday Reflection on the Cross

From Curses to Kingdom: A Sermon on the Kingdom Arrived
Drowning in the Waters of Life

My Sin and The Cross

What is Terrorism