New Update on the Comings and Goings of Marty and Stephnie Schoenleber
March 11, 2024
Plans and Projects for Multiple Readings of the Gospel of John
March 9, 2024
Preparing to Study the Word of God: Get the Big Picture Forest and Trees. Both are beautiful and mysterious. I walk through a forest and can view the conglomerated beauty of all the trees, rocks and fauna, ………..the moss, the dear trails,………..the ponds and marshes, ………..the streams and creeks and rivers, ………..the ravines and hills … More Plans and Projects for Multiple Readings of the Gospel of John
When You Think You are Losing
March 1, 2024
There are those times in life when we lose. But there are also those times in life when we think we are losing and we aren’t. Sometimes life is kicking us in the shins and when we fall to the ground in pain we get kicked in the head as well. In our family, we … More When You Think You are Losing
The Relationship Between Farming and Holiness
February 28, 2024
Analogies are helpful and here is a good one from a godly leader who now lives with Jesus. Jerry Bridges was a long time staff member with the Navigators, a discipleship ministry that started in the military but has expanded in to worldwide discipling movement. Wise words from Jerry Bridges and his classic book The … More The Relationship Between Farming and Holiness
“Vodka is Not a Beverage”
February 24, 2024
A friend I met in Israel, lives in the Hollywood Hills and writes books for living. (Great job if you have the talent for it and Tom Bissell has it.). Anyway, in one of his books, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia, says the Vodka is not a beverage. … More “Vodka is Not a Beverage”
American Christians, Listen Up
February 23, 2024
Today, I took a phone call from an African-American Pastor in the Chicago suburbs with grave concerns over the coming election. He had some serious questions. I love him. He is a friend. I have preached a number of times in his church. And we have been friends for almost 35 years. But I don’t … More American Christians, Listen Up
When God Reminds You of Glory
February 22, 2024
Woke up with this tune in my head for no apparent reason. Haven’t heard it in years, but I couldn’t get the line out of my head. Sang it all day. Oh to be befriended by God. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good. Ponder anew, what the Almighty can do, If with … More When God Reminds You of Glory
Looking My Age
February 21, 2024
Looking my age is not the point but the launching off point for this post. Got my hair cut yesterday. The guy at the counter of Great clips was new. It had been an all female crew but this was the first time I’d seen him. “Did you sign in online?” “Yes,” I said, “I’m … More Looking My Age
Oh God, Make Me a Better Prayer
February 18, 2024
Sunday Afternoon Musings How I need this word and how I need to believe it and live it and trust it! “To pray is the greatest thing we can do: and to do it well there must be calmness, time, and deliberation; otherwise it is degraded into the littlest and meanest of things. True praying … More Oh God, Make Me a Better Prayer
Surprising Finds in Scripture
February 17, 2024
Working through my annual reading plan of the Bible. Today, I arrived at Numbers 1. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much. But then the Spirit of God opened my eyes to see something I have read at least 40 times over the years. It was always there; I was just blind to it—until I needed it, … More Surprising Finds in Scripture
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