Many days of my young life my dad would invite me to do things with him. Our “we projects” included many things from animals to auctions to engines to junk. I didn’t always get to do much work, though. I felt like I was just there like a nurse handing tools to a surgeon most the… [Read more…]
January 30, 2012
Since we’ve been reading Genesis 24 about the quest to find a wife for Isaac, in the last three posts we’ve learned a few really cool things about close encounters with God or the workings of God in our lives. And the great thing about this story is that we get to see all these things,… [Read more…]
January 13, 2012
It’s interesting to me that the folks always seem meet at the well in Genesis. Certainly it’s a life-giving place, so it has powerful symbolism in the story that way. Abraham’s servant finds Rebekah at the well; Jacob finds Rachel at the well. It’s very romantic and well-timed: the right people at the right place. Great… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
Remanufacturing is actually God’s idea. Only the remanufacturing that God does involves souls, minds, hearts, spirits. God remanufactures us human beings. That’s right, God remanufactures us human beings. You see, when we look at our lives in Christ, we may think about sacrificing something to walk that road to Jerusalem with Jesus. We may give… [Read more…]
January 10, 2012
I once read a story about how Sadhu Sundar Singh and a companion were traveling through a pass high in the Himalayan Mountains. At one point they came across a body lying in the snow. Sundar Singh wished to stop and help the unfortunate man, but his companion refused, saying, “We shall lose our lives… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
God draws us into his presence, to meet our greatest needs and cover our vulnerabilities.
October 9, 2011
It’s been difficult for us of late. The economy is in the tank – regardless of what people of any political persuasion may say. Everybody, everywhere is beginning to feel the pinch, especially folks like counties and parishes that depend on the sales tax to pay for things like police or sheriff salaries, jails, or any… [Read more…]
February 10, 2012
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