You Gotta Love “Fuzzy” Thinkers!
Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Theology | No Comments »The Pew Forum polled 35,000 people about their religious views and the result is a very comprehensive and interesting study. The good news is that 92 percent of the people believe in God. The bad news is that a majority ...
The Publication of a Novel — A New Title, Etc.
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in The Publication of a Novel | No Comments »My publisher decided on a different title for The Fountain. It's going to be titled Kathryn's Fountain. She had several reasons, including the fact that a search of the old title brought up lots of stuff while the new title ...
Of Worms and Angels
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Thought to Reflect on | No Comments »A worm and an angel have more in common than do an angel and God, that's how great God is. Dave
Sunbeam Road, Glory Road
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 Posted in Theology | No Comments »This morning, as I took my prayer walk, I was inspired by the sun shining through the trees and morning mist, the shafts of light streaming down to the road. I was walking toward the beams of light, which were ...
Removing Ourselves from the Judge’s Bench
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Fellowship | No Comments »Every morning I reflect on the day's reading in My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. Each day's reading is good but I feel prompted to share with you my thoughts on a recent reading (forJune 17). Chambers wrote ...
Focus on the “What” and Not the “How”
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in A Sense of Call, Spirituality | No Comments »Recently Rupert, my friend and fellow pastor at M-P, showed me a book he's reading for his PhD program. We got to talking about a point which the book makes, that we put too much focus on the "how" in ...
The Publication of a Novel — The Design Process
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in The Publication of a Novel | No Comments »My editor, Hannah, and my publisher, Catherine, have been keeping me updated via e-mail as to the current stage of development of my novel. Hannah's incorporating my changes that I sent her. I carried through on most of her suggestions ...
Thoughts about God — Pt 2 — Where’s God?
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Theology | No Comments »I have a microscope, an old brass model I purchased on a garage sale. With it I look at some of the scum from my decorative pond. I'm transfixed by the tiny one-celled creatures that I see zoom about. What ...
“Acts of God”
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The warranty that came with a small appliance we just purchased states that it does not apply if the failure of the appliance was due to an "act of God" which it defines as flood, hurricane, tornado, lightning, etc. Why ...
The Holy in the Ho Hum, The Blessing in the Boring
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »My heart, soul, and mind, are still attempting to cope with all I saw and experienced in Parkersburg, Iowa, last week. The f/5 tornado devastated the southern half of the town of two thousand. One lesson I came away with ...
