I don’t live in the same town with some of my grandchildren, which means I only get to see them every year or so. Sometimes it’s even longer. I’m not happy about that … how far we live from one another … but the infrequency of our visits does give me a better perspective on [...]
Tag: godly living
It Depends on How You Look at It
I’ve noticed a lot of charts popping up on Facebook lately. You know the ones … you have to see what word you can recognize first out of the maze of letters. I’m not sure what this is supposed to prove to us, but one thing’s for certain. A group of people can look at [...]
Trying to Dance to Another Tune
When I was a preteen I used to go to major league baseball games with my aunt and uncle. They lived in the Kansas City area and were die-hard Athletics fans. It was fun to tag along, learning from them the players’ names, what their strengths and weaknesses were, and which visiting teams posed the [...]
Seriously?
Try as we may, even Christians have a hard time tuning out our culture’s attitudes and values. We know we aren’t supposed to “let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould” (Romans 12:1, Phillips translation), but … over and over again … we find ourselves being drawn in. Instead of measuring ourselves against [...]
A New Beginning
Starting in 2013, I’ll be writing Adventuring with God in a new way. It’ll be shorter and more personal; less doctrinal and more relational in focus. While I’ve enjoyed the more formal approach (reminiscent of late 19th and early 20th century Christian writing), I recognize it’s not very appealing to most Christians today. And so [...]
Adventuring with God 