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Is there any way to get 3 minutes of your time?
Is there any way I could beg 3 minutes of your time to see this video and somehow realize the horror that is going on? Is there any way I could beg 3 minutes of your time to LISTEN… and then perhaps a couple of more minutes to actually pray? We need a broken heart. I am tired of dividing.…
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Smokescreen
100 years ago there was an obscure “archduke” assassinated by a small faction of a small ethnic group that just seemed like nothing in the news. It was so out of the way, WHY would it be significant? There were bigger things on the table at the time. People wouldn’t pay attention to some backwater story when Germany was the…
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The possibility of upheaval
“There is a feeling that events are in the air; all that is unpredictable is their timing. Perhaps we shall see several more years of peace, but it is equally possible that overnight some tremendous upheaval will happen.” — Austrian writer Carl von Lang (early 1914) 100 years later, we face these conditions in different forms. That’s a lot of…
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More divided than ever
Several years ago I had the privilege of hearing Dallas Willard speak for a week at a local seminary. One thing he said even quite a few years ago still stands out to me today, showing how prophetic his ministry truly was in an age of bumper sticker theology. “I don’t want to be known as the white male heterosexual…
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Framily
I got to experience what the Sprint commercial calls “framily” on this trip. My wife and I traveled to Kansas for my high school reunion. The weekend was filled with family get togethers intertwined with reunion activities. We caught up with old friends and had wonderful conversations. We had family meals and caught up on family news. We even got…
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Westboro
I went to church with my parents in Kansas on Sunday. The ironic thing… more like MORONIC thing… is their church was picketed by Westboro Baptist Church of all things. I thought I heard wrong, but it was true. It is beyond me how that much hate resides in people to the point that on a Sunday morning, when one…
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90,000
I have finally passed 90,000 views for my blog. Small potatoes in the blogging world, but for me a moment to say thanks. I am so encouraged to know people are reading, and the comments I get on Facebook. I am also grateful for those I meet and they compliment my posts. It’s gratifying. Thank you for paying attention. Thank…
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The poverty of soul
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:9) We spend a lot of time thanking the Lord for his gracious mercy. We are thankful he DID become poor for us. And we spend so…
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The NFL and Women
I disagree with Keith Olbermann about 99% of the time. But when he goes into a tirade on a couple of things and I agree, it’s shocking. THIS RANT (and there is a bit of offensive language in it) is something I so agree with, I am again re-evaluating my viewing habits for at least a season. This post is…
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The shallowness of our thinking
We don’t hear modern versions of this too often: Then go, plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in his immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the…
