Here’s an article well worth your time, if like me, you are a lover of books. …… Book Hoarding, by Jim Elliff My library is considerable, though over the last 15 years I have combed out over 1,000 volumes that have been either given away, sold or trashed. Many of them were given to me. … More Wise Words on the Hoarding of Books
It is the beginning of a new year and that means the beginning of another rereading of Bonhoeffer’s Life Together. I am looking forward to this year’s reading more than others. I feel like after reading it so many times over the years I am at the place where I might understand it at a deeper … More Bonhoeffer: It Starts Again
Sunday Musings Today we begin a new challenge for the church to read through the New Testament and selected portions of the Old Testament in 2018. This is so important. It is important because . . . the law of the Lord is perfect (Psalm 19:7) there is a famine for the word of God … More Why Reading the Bible in 2018 is So Important
Here’s a great way to start the New year. via Piercing an Ear as An Act of Worship
Confession: An annual pleasure: Watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” at Christmas time. This year, we didn’t get to watch the film until after Christmas. But it was still a joy. It goes beyond the fact that Jimmy Stewart was my favorite actor from the growing-up-years of my life. And it goes beyond the encouraging message(s) of the film: … More Breaking the Ice with Your New Neighbor
Saw this video on Facebook and it gave me new insight and incentive to meet more of my neighbors. Let’s be aware of the loneliness of the people around us. And here is another great Steve Hartman story about blessing a neighbor.
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Friday is for Heart Songs More evidence of a deep sickness at the core of American society in these shootings in Colorado. Yet another indiscriminate shooting by a young man, heavily armed and taking lives without compunction or remorse. Unfortunately, within days people on the right and left of…
Below is a brilliant, truly brilliant, video of a young woman giving a presentation at Google, (Yes, you read that right!) on abortion. An excellent example of honest, civil discourse not limited to sound-bite media. We have just celebrated the birth of Christ to a young teenage Mary. Today, a girl in similar circumstances would … More Abortion in the Crosshairs
Take your stained glasses off when you read the gospel of Matthew this year. Matthew is not just writing a history record. His gospel is history, absolutely, but he has a goal. He wants you, he wants us, he wants the world to bow in surrender to the King of Kings. He wants us to … More Matthew’s Radical Gospel
“The churches of America are weak, spiritually anemic, prayerless, biblically illiterate, apathetic about personal holiness and unengaged with their neighbors at any meaningful level. Are there exceptions? Of course. But the stark reality is that we are almost irrelevant in effecting change of our culture toward godliness despite our numbers. We need to ask the … More Christians Have Pickled Themselves in the American Dream
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