On one of the blogs I frequent, I asked a question about singles and the church, as in how should the church deal with loneliness? One of the responses I received was: "Get 'em a puppy...." I think that so often we as a society and most particularly as The Church, tend to … [Read more...] about Loneliness
Nostalgia
I've been blogging since at least 2003, much longer if you consider the early days of computing. I've stopped and started many times, usually deleting everything. I found about 800 old posts from 2004 - 2007 that I imported for random memories. Those posts are under this category.
Common Sense
I was browsing around today and found this remarkable story - A Crowded Womb. As I was contemplating the senselessness of abortion, I ran across a passage in one my favorite books, The Vanishing Conscience by John MacArthur. It just rings true. The death of common sense. … [Read more...] about Common Sense
Sittin’ here listening to Gretchen
Wilson singing Kris Kristofferson's Sunday Morning Coming Down, just relaxing in the knowledge that God is merciful. Even for me. I was beginning the process of preparing for next Sunday's class, reading Psalm 139, switched over to Eugene Peterson's The Message. Man, that ol' … [Read more...] about Sittin’ here listening to Gretchen
My fingernails have been
gnawed to the quick and my stomach has been in knots all morning. Just got the call that relieved all the tension - 2 made it to The University! Wow, that was a tense morning. All the news and weather reports over-hyped to such an extent that it is almost impossible to make a … [Read more...] about My fingernails have been
Had a nice time at church
this evening. Oh, I suppose it was more after church but if it hadn't been for church there wouldn't have been an after church, no? One of the guys in my class (LB) and I went to Denny's for coffee and conversation. It was really nice to sit and talk about where we are in life … [Read more...] about Had a nice time at church