Love in Action “Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.” FYODOR DOSTOEVSKI This is the month when everyone’s mind turns to love and romance. I’ve never been convinced that Valentine’s Day would be as popular as it is without the exchange of chocolate, though. Isn’t it amazing how [...]
Category: Adventuring with God
Exceedingly Thankful? Nov. 2009
Exceedingly Thankful? This is the time of year when we turn our hearts towards giving thanks. The poor atheist has a hard time finding someone to thank for all of his blessings, so he makes due with thanking himself for all his hard work and accomplishments. For myself, I look to God first when I [...]
Calling Back your encouragement, Oct. 2009
Call Back Your Encouragement We’re in this together ... and I mean that literally. We know and serve Jesus together, not as separate and individual entities. This is why Jesus began the Lord’s Prayer with “Our Father.” He wanted to point out that we share a common gene pool. We’re all sons and daughters of [...]
Staying Clean, Sept. 2009
Staying Clean If most of us were honest, we’d rank going to the dentist almost dead last on our list of preferred activities. Oh sure, we’d be quick to admit that it’s important and helpful to us. And if we’re smart, and have dental insurance, we make the effort to go on a regular basis. [...]
The Reason, August 2009
The Reason I love to read about John the Baptist. Bold and fearless, and obviously unconcerned about how others viewed him (who else in that day was wearing a coat of camel’s hair and eating locusts for meat?), John was one of a kind. Jesus said of him, “Among those born of women there is [...]
