I’ve read a couple of pieces this week – one is a transcript of part of Mark Driscoll’s sermon series on Ruth (I’ll call it “Religion vs. Redemption” , the other is piece by Tim Keller, “All of Life is Repentence”. There is a tension between what Driscoll referred to…
Read moreAs some of you might know, I have been writing about love on my ‘home blog‘ all week. I have read many passages about ‘love’. Wednesday night it hit me right between the eyes! Or should I say, into my heart… I am ‘re-reading’ a book/study I read 3 years…
Read more1 Thessalonians 5:16 (New International Version) Be Joyful Always! Whap…whap…whap….. …..Bark, bark, bark, barkety, bark, bark!! From peaceful bliss to Jumbo-jet decibels in a millisecond. I snap my Bible study closed in irritation and reach for the Tylenol. Rushing to the door, I yell, “Shut Up, I said SHUT UP, 
Read moreValentines Day. Chocolates. Roses. Love at first site. Candlelight dinners. Dreams. Romance. Maybe your’s met your expectations but we all know that that is seldom. Why is that? Why do we allow ourselves to think that maybe someone will remember us and give us that perfect something? Or maybe you…
Read moreIt was just another day in the ‘burbs….. and I was just another bigot. Funny thing, until then, I didn’t even know it. It was late in the afternoon, a few years back. I stopped to pump gas on the corner of a somewhat “risky” spot. It’s not a very…
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