John Fischer The Catch

The words of a priest’s lips should preserve the knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Malachi 2:7

For you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)

Now that we understand that all believers are prophets called to bring light, we must also grasp what it means that we are all priests. Not priests in robes, with phylacteries, or vestments, but humble servants entrusted with the knowledge of God and the message of reconciliation.

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Week 1 — RIGHT ON TIME 

Well, we are showing, right off the bat, that we are fallible human beings; because, though our title for today was to be “Right On Time,” we are not.

The launch of our annual fall campaign was to be yesterday, but we did not anticipate a devastating family concern that diverted our eyes from it.

So now that we have our “eyes wide open,” our beginning will be tomorrow.

But for today, we focus on the lyrics of our first song: “Right On Time.”

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Zacchaeus could have stayed in his head. Instead, his heart sent him climbing. (Luke 19:1-10)

I’ve always prided myself on being a thinker. I like to gather facts, weigh the odds, and reason things out. The more I know, the more control I have. But the Bible makes a distinction that often unsettles me: knowledge isn’t the same as action. Truth in your head doesn’t necessarily make its way into your life.

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Returning Respect to the Women in My Life — Part 7

I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:10-11)

If this series has taught me anything, it’s this: living in my head made my world small and immediate.

In my head, I chase what was safe, logical, and manageable. I worry about how things look. I measure success in short-term wins — a good argument here, a diversion there.

But that kind of living doesn’t last. It doesn’t satisfy. And it doesn’t leave a legacy.

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It has been disappointing not to receive many responses to our series, “Returning Respect Back to Women.” While pondering this, I had to take a long look at myself and the results of this series in me. And then I thought I would check out another series, the 2025 Major League Baseball regular season ends on Sunday, with all 30 teams playing on the final day. Then the playoffs begin with the World Series concluding by early November.  Now that is the kind of series I can understand!

But honestly, I need not look much farther than my own nose to determine why our responses have been few. Helping men like myself move from their heads to their hearts is challenging. Why is this so hard? Do we even know what this looks like? When it comes to actually moving beyond my limiting beliefs and into the transformative power of heart-led action, empowered by the Holy Spirit, I’m more like a ballplayer without a glove.

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