February 11, 2013 Sharing Day by Day With the approach of Lent, I’ve been pondering whether I would give something up this year or add a daily habit as I have done in the past. I thought about blogging every day for Lent, like I did in 2010, but I have a... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Miscellaneous Comments: 4
May 12, 2012 Interesting Sayings I’ve been thinking about interesting sayings the past week and how we pick them up. Several have come up in conversation with others recently. One of my favorites my mom used to say. “If I had my druthers . . .” In other words, if I... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Miscellaneous Comments: 5
January 7, 2012 Whoosh – A Poem At dVerse Poets Pub today, Sheila provided us with the interesting prompt of writing a poem involving onomatopoeia. As I read her post, the word-sound “whoosh” came to mind and I could see the roomful of disciples on Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came upon... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 13
October 8, 2011 Discerning Lies in My Own Mind We are daily bombarded with lies and it is important to be able to tell when something we hear on TV or from another individual is a lie. But sometimes the lies come in our own mind, as our own thoughts. Those lies are sometimes... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 6
August 16, 2011 Love, Humility, and Faith – My Tuesday Three For My Tuesday Three, I decided to share three of my favorite people from the Bible and why I like them. You may be surprised to find that Jesus is not on this short list, but that is just because He is too obvious. All... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Psalms Comments: 7
July 11, 2011 Milestones, and Prayer for More Boldness for the Next 500 I started this blog over 21 months ago on September 25, 2009. Yesterday I posted my 500th blog post. In 2011 I’ve posted something every day, and some days I posted twice, even when I was on vacation or very busy. Including my reply comments,... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Music Comments: 12
May 21, 2011 I’ve Never Been to Kenya There has been a lot of talk about missions at my church lately. The leadership teams have been talking about it. Our guest speaker last week shared about his 3-month mission trip to Indonesia. Our pastor’s wife and one of his twin boys (only 8-years... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 9
April 25, 2011 Easter Is Over. Now What? Lent is over. Good Friday is history. Easter has come and gone. Now what? If I was one of the original apostles meeting with Jesus after His resurrection, my next move would have been to wait. Once when he was eating with them, he commanded... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Music Comments: 11
April 23, 2011 Peter’s Denials Weigh Heavy on Saturday Before His arrest, trial, and crucifixion, Jesus predicted that Peter would deny that he even knew Jesus, not just once and not just twice, but three times, before the night was over. As all that Jesus said was true so was this prediction. Standing in the courtyard... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 6
December 28, 2010 Focus on the Inside This morning one of my fellow bloggers posted a comment with a question about this quote from Friedrich Nietzsche: “The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.” She asked, “Are the Christians the only ones who see... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintRedditEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 8