Chronicling the work of Redemption in the lives of Followers and Leaders. Articles, research and meditations from the writings of Dr. Joseph J. Bucci. Get blog updates by following Joe on Twitter @Re_Redemption
Some Things Cannot Be Coached Click on the title above and you’ll find a video story that has gone viral on-line because it is one of those “feel-good” stories that are absent from sports these days. The coach of the winning team has a player who is a faithful, committed
This weekend marks the celebration of Purim in the Jewish calendar. According to Exodus 23:14-17 (from The Message version of the Bible): “Three times a year you are to hold a festival for me[the LORD]. Hold the spring Festival of Unraised [Unleavened] Bread when you eat unraised bread for seven
Someone who could be a teacher now is taking me to school. She is fairly capable of doing some of what I do. But she is emptying my trash, and she accepts it as God’s plan for her life at the present time. Her degrees are from a school in
Do you believe that you can be in relationship with God? The scripture tells us that this is part of our redemption: now God is our Father; and Christ Jesus is our Brother. Jesus Himself told us, “In this manner therefore, pray: Our Father…” (Matthew 6:9 NKJV). Paul the Apostle
Redemption at a Redemption Center What do we do with people whose lives we are trying to rescue and redeem? Open a redemption center, of course! There is irony here, but a fact: those with tainted pasts have a hard time finding work. In this case, the mission is trying
Steven Curtis Chapman sang about it. What about the change? I may have Christian bumper stickers, church magnets on my refrigerator, and even a bookmark with the fish emblem on it. But has there been a change my behavior since I came to know Jesus Christ as savior? We have
I have a secret. You may have the same one. I’d like to convince myself that it’s not a big deal, but it certainly has shaped the choices I make. I might even say that, unbeknownst to me, this secret has affected my relationship with God, that feeling of “closeness.”
Redemption, love, forgiveness carry the true power Attached here is an editorial from a North Carolina newspaper which shares three stories forgiveness and redemption. The writer summarizes the article in this sentence: “In a world so hell-bent on justice, it’s always the redemption, the love, the forgiveness that carries the
There have been so few of them that I could probably count them on one hand. What are they? Not bowling a perfect 300 game. I only have a few games where I could even reach two hundred or more. What I talking about are the times when I have
God’s Got a Plan I know you knew this. But it is still great to read when people actually say it. After failing to get several college coaching opportunities, coming close on a few more, and after not even being able to get an interview, Super Bowl winning coach John
