How you think changes everything
Since I began blogging, I’ve learned to get a “thick skin” because putting your ideas, opinions and convictions out there for anyone to see comes with a price—persecution. (Ouch. They didn’t tell me that as an undergrad.) But Jesus did tell us this, and He suffered persecution up close and personal. Jesus stood up against the cultural […]
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In the headlines today, Pope Francis warns the world leaders that we need to stop exploiting the earth’s resources for greedy gain. He called these leaders “cowards” for not taking leadership to stop this misuse of finite resources. He is the first major religious leader to embrace our responsibility for “caring for God’s garden.” So […]
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As I poured the sourdough bread starter into my Kitchenaid mixer tonight, I felt a need for simplicity. This is simple. There is dough, rye flour, water and salt in this bread. Knead it on low in the electric mixer for five minutes, and then pour it into a bread tin to let it rise overnight. […]
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How do we communicate to others about God “speaking” to us today? Some say that we should not jump to any conclusions by using other descriptive words when talking about how God speaks, and are comfortable staying with the description as it stands: “God spoke to me.” However, I do think it would be wise, given the current culture of […]
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Do you love your children? If you don’t have children, do you love your pet? Has your child, or pet, ever caused you grief? If so, why did you choose to have it? You knew this could cause you grief before you made the choice for it to come into your life; why in the […]
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God often asks His people to do something hard or unbelievable, but He vindicates faith. In relation to God’s personal speech, if mankind obeys, God will pour out blessing. He did so for Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Rahab, Mary, etc. Faith has been demonstrated time and time again by hearing God speak and doing […]
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Feeling inferior comes from within; that inner critic — the voice that insults you every time you make a mistake… “Oh that was stupid, stupid!” “When will you ever get it right!” “Like you’re going to succeed — what a joke.” That attacker is also a destroyer. It will keep you from trying new […]
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Silk Road was to be this young man’s legacy. Yet Ross Ulbricht, 31-year old entrepreneur, will instead be spending the remaining days of his life on earth behind bars. He will serve a life sentence as an example to others not to follow in his footsteps. So, what did this young man do to render […]
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Science is viewed as “seeing is believing” form of knowledge. It’s observable, testable and repeatable. Introducing the concept of design, which infers a Creator or God, is viewed as believing in the unseen, which cannot be verified or observed using today’s standards of scientific methods. However, those who propose the theory of Intelligent Design, see […]
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Reading William Dembski’s Intelligent Design book left me realizing that it is very difficult for anyone to be completely neutral in their analysis of observable facts about human origins because we are, after all, mere humans who’ve been influenced by personal events and/or the culture around us. In Darwin’s day, his bias stemmed from the […]
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