How We Walk
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"I recognized you by your walk." It's happened a couple of times in the last several months that someone, who hasn't seen me for awhile, saw me coming from a distance and first recognized me by the way I walked. I ...
Right Perspective
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Have you ever looked at yourself on the security monitor at a store or bank? The camera provides an angle, usually from up high, that we rarely see of ourselves. Even seeing ourselves in a home video or ...
The Fight Within
Friday, September 25th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »There's an old and much-told story, with variations, of which I want to tell you my version. A grandfather explains to his grandson, “There's a battle going on inside of you, a terrible fight. It's between two dogs. One is ...
Prayer that Leads to Peace
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_1343" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Someone standing in the shadow of the cross on the land for the future site of our church facility."][/caption] I took a walk around our church's prayer path on our new property late yesterday afternoon. The messages ...
Connecting with God
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Diann's in Mexico with our daughter Julie and our grandchildren while our son-in-law Victor's on a medical mission trip. Diann Skyped me last night and said our grandson Fidel wanted to play CONNECT FOUR with her. She was busy so ...
Smiling with God
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Our three-month-old granddaughter Sienna was lying quietly on her back, staring up at the ceiling. I decided she needed company so I came over to her, hovering over, her and smiled. She smiled back! She's old enough that I ...
Host to God
Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm reading the book The Power of Intention by Dr. Wayne Dyer. It's a good read, though it's probably more in the "new age" category, certainly not specifically Christian. Still, I'm enjoying it. One sentence of his caught my eye ...
“Overcoming the Addiction to Approval”
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Experiments have been conducted to see just how far we'll go to please someone. There was a study done in the 1960s where a participant was given the job of “teaching” a “student” by delivering an electric shock to ...
Beyond Worry
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Normally a little boy loves being at the country fair. There's so much to see, to taste, to ride. The little boy at the fair that Diann and I were watching, however, was anything but happy at the ...
The Glory of Discovery
Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The newly repaired Hubble telescope is giving us an eyeful! This is such a vast and amazing universe! Even people not given to a spiritual perspective find it hard not to feel in awe at the sights Hubble reveals. We humans ...
