God’s Plans for Us, Beyond Our Imagination!
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »Diann and I just returned from visiting our son Dan, our daughter-in-law Teri, and our grandson Casey. One of the fun things we did with Casey was fly a kite! It was his first experience with a kite and he really ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
What Course of Faith Should You Enroll In?
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »There's a section of our Bibles called the "wisdom literature" which consists of five books clustered together in the Old Testament. The group includes Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs). I was reading the ...
When Life’s Out of Our Control — The Little “c” & the big “C”
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »Do you ever feel your life is in some measure out of your control? Join the club! "Due to circumstances beyond our control..." is the proverbial announcement warning that we better brace ourselves for things not going the way we ...
Sun, Wind, and Soil
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Theology | No Comments »I recently took a walk in the fields and woods behind our house. The sun was setting, but was still high enough for me to feel its warm glow. I often allow the sun shining on me to remind me ...
Two Kinds of Religious Questions
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Theology | No Comments »I've come to the conclusion that when someone asks me a religious question it is either an open door or a locked door with which they present it. Let me explain. Someone can ask me, "Why do you believe Jesus is ...
“Spiritual” or “Religious”?
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Theology | No Comments »"I had long claimed to be 'spiritual' but not religious," writes author Kathleen Norris of an earlier time in her life in her book Amazing Grace: a Vocabulary of Faith. It's a phrase you'll hear from many people you bump into, ...
Addicted to the Spectacular
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Growth, Spirituality | No Comments »J. I. Packer references something fellow author Dallas Willard wrote with the theme of being "addicted to the spectacular." I found the phrase intriguing -- "being addicted to the spectacular." Earlier Packer refers to it as "lusting after the spectacular." We ...
