Holy week, beginning with Palm Sunday through Good Friday and to Easter Sunday is the most honest model for our human spiritual existence. One moment, we are celebrating life and all its wondrous possibilities. The beauty of it all catches our breath in awe. The next, we are soul-gutted, mourning for the goodness that has abandoned us. We have seasons of breakdown, w...

In the 17th century, the poet John Milton made a startling revelation in his poem, Comus: “Was I deceiv’d, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?” 

And so the expression “silver lining” came into the lexicon. 

I grew up hearing the modern-day proverb, “Look for the silver lining” after a life d...

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

—Martin Luther King

Fifty years on this planet, I am beginning to decipher God’s plan. It’s all about transformation. God is asking: What is your capacity, Farrell Mason? Do you truly trust me? Can you prove that you are...