31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 3
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »MEETING CHRIST -- Jesus Finds His Disciples Jesus went hunting for His disciples. He didn't wait for them to find Him; He went to them. In one instance He found four of the twelve at one time; they were fishermen. He ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity - Day 2
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »MEETING CHRIST -- Accepting that We're Accepted We all yearn to be accepted; we try hard to fit in. We like to wear clothes that are at least somewhat in style. When we walk into a room of people we hope ...
Soul Health
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Growth | No Comments »I just came from a luncheon meeting at Panera's where we were discussing the importance of solitude and silence. Someone mentioned author Dallas Willard and how Willard states that we can only break the spell of the world through solitude ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 1
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »INTRODUCTION You're being invited to take the journey of a lifetime! In fact, it's intended to be a journey that will occupy the rest of your lifetime. The invitation comes from the One who made you, who knew before the creation ...
Blind to What Others See
Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Fellowship | 2 Comments »Ah, the joys of last summer when floating down a northern Michigan river with some friends! One of these "friends" just handed me this picture yesterday in church. He was laughing. I was wearing a t-shirt with an image of ...
Cutting Firewood in Warm Weather
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Growth | No Comments »Monday it was 65 degrees outside and I was cutting wood with my chainsaw for our fireplace! Diann was carrying the wood I cut and gathering up twigs from all over our lawn that we'll use as kindling. No, we ...
Windblown Icicle
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 Posted in Thoughts about God | 1 Comment »This is a photo I took under an Iowa bridge. The melting snow flowed through the drain on the bridge and should have dropped into the stream below. The cold weather, however, turned it into an icicle and the strong ...
Church Sign Sayings
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Church Sign Sayings | No Comments »HAPPINESS IS AN INSIDE JOB
We’re Back!
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Posted in A Sense of Call | No Comments »Diann and I returned last night from a week's vacation to Iowa visiting our families. It was a long trip from Iowa to Michigan with the snow slowing our journey so that what should have taken 9 hours took 11 ...
