Tag: Christian

I Saw the Light

Early last week a fellow blogger posted a short quote that immediately brought to mind the Hank Williams Sr. song “I Saw the Light.” As a result, it has been stuck in my head all week. This is fine with me because it is a...

The True Light Shines in the Darkness

The days are getting shorter and the nights longer as we move towards winter. I really don’t like winter. Too much darkness and too much cold. With the time change two weeks ago it is now dark when I go home from work. Even now...

Just Following Jesus

I was thinking today that I might stop calling myself a Christian. Now before my Christian friends get all up in arms thinking I’ve lost my senses,  and my non-Christian friends dance a jig thinking I’ve finally come to my senses, let me explain. Christianity...

The Relationship Plan

We started a new adult education class at my church last week, with our first “real” class held yesterday. The class is based on a book called The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman. The book is the result of Coleman’s study of what...

Freedom Isn’t Free

Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada. It is a day to remember the sacrifice of veterans, both living and dead, to secure our freedom. Because of the willingness of our veterans to give their time and even their...

A Love So Divine

This past weekend I started reading Tortured for Christ by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand. It is the true story of his imprisonment and torture in Communist Romania for preaching the Gospel. I had intended to read the whole book and then write a book review. But...

Psalm 6 – Trusting God

I have been very blessed in my life. Though I have experienced trials, right now my life is pretty good. There are people in the world, even in my own country, who are currently experiencing trials beyond what I can imagine. Still there are days...

A Needlepoint Tapestry

The entirety of human existence from Adam to the end of time is a beautiful needlepoint tapestry. God is the Master Weaver. We might think we are in control of the tapestry, or at least our little corner of it, but we really aren’t. You...

An Intercessor’s Heart

Everyone experiences difficulties in life. It can be the loss of a job, an illness that never seems to end, a broken marriage and a broken heart, not being able to make ends meet, a physical or verbal attack by a friend or a stranger,...