31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 15
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LEARNING FROM CHRIST -- Directions That Are True How do we know that the Bible is true and that it really speaks God's Word to us? Let me share with you why I have supreme confidence that the Bible is God's ...
Publishing a Novel — Part 2
Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in The Publication of a Novel | No Comments »The Fountain is the working title of my novel being published by Cladach Publishing. I've been sent the "Author Questionnaire" which I've been working on the last several mornings between 5:45 and 6:45 (my usual writing time). This is where I ...
People Need People, Even People of Faith!
Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Fellowship | No Comments »Some people say they want to be spiritual but want nothing to do with religion or church. They're missing the whole point, that our greatest spiritual growth comes from being a part of a spiritual community, as imperfect as it ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 14
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | 2 Comments »LEARNING FROM CHRIST -- Directions for the Journey God can give us directions for our journey toward spiritual maturity. There are five general ways that He does it. Creation: God reveals Himself through creation. This is called general revelation because it's not specific. ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 13
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LEARNING FROM CHRIST -- Input for a Man Named John We've all found ourselves in frustrating, difficult, painful, or confusing circumstances. I doubt, however, that we've had things as difficult as John did. John was known as John the Baptizer; we ...
Road Trip — a collaborative novel
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Road Trip -- It's over! OK, I guess writing a collaborative novel wasn't so great an idea after all. I received just one response on how to continue the story. I'm going to end this trip before it really gets started. No ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 12
Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »LEARNING FROM CHRIST -- More Spiritual Input! Short Circuit was a cute movie released in 1986 which starred an endearing robot. By some freak accident this robot became conscious and self-aware. He delighted in being alive and had a hunger to learn. He kept ...
31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity — Day 11
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in 31 Days toward Spiritual Maturity, Growth | No Comments »FOLLOWING CHRIST - The New Perspective of Following Christ Life takes on a whole new perspective when you believe that you're called! Seeing your life as a calling from God is the best way to live. Life is best when you ...
Fog Prayer
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »On a recent morning the light of day was coming more slowly than normal for a fog hugged the ground like a heavy, wet blanket. I was out for my usual early morning walk that doubles as my time to ...
Wrong and Right Humility
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »I was just reading a statement by Thomas R. Kelly in his classic book A Testament of Devotion. "Humility does not rest, in final count, upon bafflement and discouragement and self-disgust at our shabby lives, a brow-beaten, dog-slinking attitude. It ...