God bless the men and women of our United Stated military who have made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives for our country – literally for me and you – so that we can all enjoy the benefits of their sacrifice. I am reminded today of the lesson that … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
30 seconds prior…
And they heard the sound of God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. Gen 3:8 A dear friend of ours is suffering as his beloved dog was recently diagnosed with an apparent terminal illness. Having recently lost a pet, I could relate to his angst. He … Continue reading
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Of broccoli and butterflies
I love broccoli. For as long as I can remember I liked broccoli. I imagine it is because I grew up with broccoli as one of the many vegetable members of my family. Our family ate (and still does) pasta with anything. But, broccoli is special. It’s in the top … Continue reading
Not Seeing, But Believing
So I got to thinking, it being Holy Week and all: Do you sometimes think about the people of the Gospel as ‘unreal’? I mean it was over 2,000 years ago and it’s not like we have video. But if you do a little Googling, to a vast majority of … Continue reading
Sex? Sex! sex.
The bible is full of stories about sex and violence…really. It’s more than likely one of the reasons that we hear the same readings over and over again in church. My bible is over 1500 pages long and with that many pages you really shouldn’t be repeating readings as often … Continue reading
Feel it…g’head…Feel it!
What makes a great song? Great beat, great lyrics, great instrumentals, great performance and great video. This song has all that and more. The song by Toby Mac is from his Grammy award winning album, This Is Not A Test. The album won Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. (I’m sure … Continue reading
Lent: Why bother…
What? Blasphemy! He’s lost his mind! Satan has gotten to him! Why bother with Lent? How dare he! OK people, simmer down. Give a brother a moment to explain. If all Lent has become for you is not eating ice cream for forty days then I do say, why bother? … Continue reading