For as long as I have been a Christian, the debate on the integrity of leadership has been heated and divisive. I have seen both sides. People who demand integrity in leadership and people who set the wrong standards when they take on the mantle of leadership. We admire men/women who step up and show characteristics that are bold, daring, that exude fortitude and strength. The sad part is when we think of leaders we don’t really want to see their humanity. We want the “man/woman” but somehow our acceptance of the message must be negotiated by how perfect they are. We want to see the David who killed Goliath, not the David who slept with Bathsheba. As my Husband, Chris so clearly stated to me “Do we now throw out the book of Psalms because an adulterer wrote it?” We want the Peter who stood up on the day of Pentecost and preached boldly to strangers that were challenging the initiation of the new covenant not the Peter who was rebuked by Paul for playing politics with the Gentile believers ( Galatians 2:11-14).
Monthly Archives: August 2024
The Broken Tea Cup & Grandma Moore’s Garden
This is a story for all those who have been broken and pieced back together. My mother was always a very active woman, and it was a rare occasion that my mother was not busy cleaning, cooking, baking, praying, or doing something in the church. On one occasion, she and I went to someone’s home, and as the adults were busy doing what adults do, I slowly meandered around the home and came across a glass case of cups and saucers. I wasn’t that much into children’s tea parties, but I was intrigued by how many teacups were all in this one case. My imagination was captivated by all the people an adult tea party would have, and I thought of what it would look like with each of these cups full of tea or coffee. I could see the cakes, cookies, small salads, or sandwiches that these cups and saucers would accompany. I am intrigued by taste, and so my imagination went soaring and I enjoyed the thought of all the fun it would be to taste these delightful treats. This beautiful case had captured my childhood imagination and I could see myself sitting at a beautiful table in a garden eating all the goodies and sipping the tea.