It takes me a while to work through the stuff in my life that is particularly messy. Even longer, then, to write about it. However, if those of you faithful enough to read this blog can benefit from my…
“This is my dearly loved child, whom I regard with strong affection, and in whom I take great pleasure!” Words of God, the Father, to Jesus, as the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit rested upon him following Jesus’…
As I sit to put words on paper this morning, I already know what I’m writing about (sort of). The theme will seem a bit out of place; it will appear to be too “Adventish” (If I can create…
The last couple of entries, I’ve talked a lot about how a ten-year chapter of life has come to a distinct close. The thing about endings is this: every ending means a new beginning is just around the corner. …
Can we return to last week’s blog? Ha! You have no choice, I’m really not taking a vote. Trick question. What does last week’s thought have in common with an oatmeal box? Another trick question! However, it was an…
I hold in my heart more memories than I can count…ten years worth. In five days, I will symbolically (with attendance at a graduation) close a chapter on a season of life, and turn the page to open a…
After I answered the blog question last week, I soaked a bit in Romans 9:17 and spent some time just re-committing my sense of God’s calling back to his care. My words on paper, at the time, were sincere. …
Recently, after a debate on the pro’s and con’s of social media, I was asked why I decided to write a blog. Good question. With all the research that I’ve seen lately on the effects of social media, maybe…
Did you read last week’s blog? In it, I mentioned the struggle I have with wanting to defend God from people who just can’t accept him for who he is. Fortunately, the Bible speaks to our personal struggles –…
OK. I need to backtrack in Romans. I’d made it all the way through Chapter 7, and then a question came up this week that I started wrestling with, and it sent me scattering through Romans for an answer.…