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Mark D. Roberts

Finally, three more photos of New York City. I’ve never seen anything like these before, anywhere. First, an M&M rainbow from the M&M store on Broaday. You don’t get those colors in your normal bag of M&Ms. I saw the following sign in a classroom at NYU, during a college tour. The Threshold of Hearing…

Here are some more things that you don’t see every day . . . unless you happen to be in New York City. And even then you might not see them every day, but you could. The Irises by Vincent Van Gogh, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Late in life Van Gogh painted a…

Here are a few photos from my recent trip to New York. They’re sights you don’t see very often, if at all, outside of the Big Apple. The elevator indicates that we’re on the 86th floor (of the Empire State Building). What the city looks like from 86 floors up (1050 feet high). All over…

The Foundation of Wisdom READ Psalm 111:1-10  Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom. Praise him forever! Psalm 111:10 Wisdom seems to be on the wane these days. Our society tends to value that which is trendy, spectacular, and instantaneous. Thus we tend…

My family and I visited New York City over spring break. I had fun taking lots of photos there. But I think I had more fun observing my son, who has become quite a fine photographer, taking his photos. I thought I’d share a few of these memories with you. Nathan on top of the…

I have recommended the Patheos website here before. Patheos, which is substitled “Balanced Views of Religion and Spirituality,” provides a platform for people of various religious commitments, or no religious commitment whatsoever, to converse in a mutually respectful way. Recently, Patheos invited several bloggers to answer the question: What/Who is God?  Each writer was allowed…

During a recent trip to New York City, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The Met,” which contains over two million works of art, is one of the world’s largest art galleries. You could spend days wandering through its rooms and corridors. I was delighted to see works by some of my favorite artists…

I’ll never forget the first memorial service I ever performed as a pastor. It was for a grandmother of one of my college students at Hollywood Presbyterian Church. I did not know this woman, but was the only pastor her family knew, so they asked me to do the service. The service happened in a…

Life is full of ironies. When you start looking for them, you’ll see them all the time. They make life interesting. For example, last week I had a business meeting in Dallas. I flew Southwest Airlines, which uses Dallas Love Field, an older, smaller airport about ten miles from the garganutan Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Love…

What Should You Do When People Speak Poorly of You? I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them!   Psalm 109:4 Psalm 109 is David’s prayer when people around him were speaking poorly of him. Their criticisms, though untrue, were nevertheless painful (109:2). David’s pain…
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