John Beeson

11/04/2025

Can we choose our identity? Daniel Day Lewis is known as one of the most committed method actors of our time. When he takes on a role, he embodies the character not only on camera but off camera, and he only responds to his character’s name. For the movie In the Name of the Father , Day-Lewis lost fifty pounds and spent three days in solitary confinement without water. For his role as a man with cerebral palsy who could only use his left foot, Day Lewis lived like the character off-set,...

“That isn’t a toy!” parents warn a child playing with a knife or a hammer. Pharaoh thought he could play a game with God and win. He lost. Your heart is not a toy. The story of God’s battle with Pharaoh in the book of Exodus is the story of the consequences of a hardened heart. It’s the story of someone who thought they could toy with God and with their heart. We cannot. In the first five plagues, Pharaoh’s hardens his heart three times and his heart “is hardened” (it’s ambiguous who is doing...

She was one day old with the brightest bluest eyes, a bald head, and the cutest little ears that stuck nearly perpendicular out of her head. We checked out of the hospital's front desk, and we walked to our car with our baby girl in the car seat. As the safety officer checked out the security of our car seat base, a wave of fear came over me. Why would they let us take this beautiful baby home? Hi, my names is John Beeson. Welcome to the Beehive. To be a parent is to experience fear. Will...

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Where would the bread come from? Jacob heard his grandchildren’s whimpers as they rustled in the neighboring tents. He knew tears were running down their faces as their tiny empty bellies cried out. Where would the next meal come from? The drought had devastated the crop. Travelers from the North had spent the night. They carried bags of grain and shared news that the Pharaoh had storehouses of grain. They had met with his right-hand man, Zaphenath-paneah. Seven years earlier, the Pharaoh was...

Oh, the places you'll go. Dr. Seuss believed that the true achiever is an adventure. You'll head straight out of town. It/s opener there in the wide open air. Out there, things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you. Seuss said it, and many agree. We're taking a vision trip to Florida, our friend shared. Tired of the heat of the Sonoran Desert, they set out to find the perfect place for their family to settle. I've been part of several similar conversations. It's...