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On Totaled Cars and 3 Word Prayers of Friends
Posted onThe effective prayers of a righteous man avail much. James 5:16b I have recently come through an “abundant” 60 day stretch that has included a post-arthroscopic surgery blood clot, a flooded basement on our 21rst anniversary and a flooded upstairs bedroom on my birthday. However, this all started in a split second when I made […]
On a Chef’s phrase and Justin Bieber’s Rolling Stone interview
Posted onBirthday/Labor Day Weekend 2011 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9 (NIV) This weekend, I turn 49 years old, which means I am about ready to enter […]
On 5-minute Breakups and Bad Haircuts…
Posted on21st Anniversary Week Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. “Confession and forgiveness are the concrete forms in which we sinful people love one another.” Henri Nouwen When Mary and I were dating and I had just returned from a […]
First full week of Summer 2011: On yielding and yielding i.e. “Fruit Happens!”
Posted onHow Blessed are those who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and they meditate on his law day and night. Those people are like a tree planted by […]