I find Christmas to be a fascinating holiday. Not because I like to get a lot of presents. Although I do! Instead, I think it’s interesting watching how people get so caught up in all the things that there are to do before Christmas Day. I’m sure we can all think of examples of that [...]
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the meaning of Christmas
Posted in God, Jesus, hope on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
driving to distraction
Posted in Bible, Jesus on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am convinced that bad drivers are stalking me. No matter where I am, somehow, I end up surrounded by people who shouldn’t be allowed to operate model cars, let alone motorized vehicles. It makes me wonder what the DMV is up to!
Take today for instance. On my way home I ended up behind a [...]
a sick woman and common sense
Posted in Jesus, faith, hope, radical on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, ‘If I just touch his clothes, I will be [...]
what i’m reading: Jesus Among Other Gods
Posted in Bible, Bible reliability, Jesus, book review, feeding my brain on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I think it’s safe to say that we live in a very pluralistic world, where ideas from a wide variety of cultures are shared and believed. Who among us doesn’t know someone of a different faith or philosophical background? But that pluralism isn’t limited to just religion or politics. Choice is everywhere, including our toothpaste [...]
intentionality: choosing God
Posted in God, Jesus, choice, different, taking action on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Why doesn’t God force us to believe in him? We are created to need God, so why not just go one step further and be created to always believe in God? But that’s not what God did. Instead he’s given us this thing called free will, which lets us make our own decisions. Don’t you [...]
marrying a dog?
Posted in Jesus, faith, radical, sin on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you heard about the man in India marrying a dog? Sounds pretty crazy, right? Sounds like something you’d never do, right? That’s what I thought until Thursday morning. (And no, I didn’t find myself asking Lassie to marry me.) You see, that guy believes that his actions can atone for the mistakes he’s made [...]
worship: when it’s no longer fun
Posted in Jesus, hope, sin, worship on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“What has happened to all your joy?” (Galatians 4:15)
There are days when we get into a rut, where we lose the excitement in our lives. It happens with work, with friends, and even with fun. In fact, it happens with everything. It’s too easy to lose sight of why you started on something as you [...]
morning prayer: to pray or not to pray…
Posted in CS Lewis, God, Jesus, prayer, taking action on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been a Christian for a while – or are even considering being one – you’ll often have people tell you what you “need” to do to be one. Some of you may even feel that way about this site!
When I became a Christian a few years ago I began to realize that God [...]
Have you ever noticed that the history of Christianity is a history of people who have no business doing great things but end up changing the world? Even a casual read of the Bible makes this a striking theme. Jesus himself came from a humble background. I don’t know about you, but if I were [...]
give thanks!
Posted in God, Jesus, faith, worship on September 28, 2007 | Comments Off
I’ve been trying to figure out what to write for the better part of 24 hours. I hate wasting time, so I always feel a bit of pressure to write something “meaningful.” How well I succeed in that is, of course, better left to you to decide. But my prayer is that God always uses [...]
