From Pessimism to Optimism
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Theology | No Comments »Yesterday morning I read something by David de Forest Burrell. In reference to another person he wrote, “He talks politics, and we feel as if the country were going to ruin; business, and we are sure the bottom has dropped ...
Lord of the Rings & Chronicles of Narnia Meet
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It was in the early morning hours of this day (Sept 20) that J.R. Tolkein and a friend took a walk with C.S. Lewis and led him to Christ. (from Companions for the Soul, by Robert Hudson & Shelley Townsend-Hudson) ...
Different by Divine Design
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in A Sense of Call, Spirituality | No Comments »One of the daily devotional books I use is Companions for the Soul, edited by Robert Hudson and Shelley Townsend-Hudson. Each day's devotional is from a different classic Christian writer, speaker, or influencer through 2,000 years of Christian history. The authors ...
A Fresh Look at an Old Hymn on Prayer
Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »Have you ever looked at something that's so familiar and saw it in a fresh way? I did that recently when I saw the words of the old and familiar hymn by William Walford, Sweet Hour of Prayer. The words, when ...
Who’s in Charge around Here?
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Posted in Theology, Uncategorized | No Comments »Life so often seems to be out of our control. Sometimes we even wonder if God is in ultimate control, the way things seem to go so badly. It's disconcerting because we have a need to know who's in charge. ...
Quote to Reflect On
Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Quote to Reflect On | No Comments »"If truth were all-inclusive, nothing would be false. And if nothing were false, what would be the meaning of true?" Ravi Zacharias
Choosing Our Path
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in A Sense of Call, Spirituality, Uncategorized | No Comments »I love hiking paths. I've hiked in many a park, pasture, woods, and other places. I got to thinking about this earlier today, while taking my morning walk on the path on the edge of a bean field out back ...
Quote to Reflect On
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Quote to Reflect On | No Comments »"You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety." Abraham Maslow
Turtle Time
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Why doesn't time seem to move as slowly as it did when we were younger? This is a photo I took while on a camping trip. The turtle had to borrow MY watch!
What’s More Real Than What Seems Real
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Theology | No Comments »A million years from now the chair in which you're sitting while reading this will no longer exist, a chair that you presently have no trouble believing exists, or in trusting it to hold you. A million years from now ...
