Voices

It's Father's Day weekend and I cannot get out of my mind what Father's Day should focus on.  Family, that is what makes you a father, whether it is your own, adopted, surrogate or otherwise, children are necessary to be a father.  As I think about my children, my mind wanders back to the cross.  When most Christian think on the cross there are generally only a few thoughts that run through our minds depending on where we are in our lives at that moment.  Some may have a deep sense of gratitude for the price that was paid for their salvation.  Others may think how awful that such brutality could ever happen.  You may be one that focuses on yourself and wonder at why Someone would choose to go through that type of horror just to save you as you continue to heap condemnation on yourself.  Finally, there are a few who stand at Calvary without any emotion sense of personal responsibility and walk away without regard for the One they claim to serve. This weekend my mind and he