Life and Living
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Monday, December 1st, 2008I stumbled across a clip from Oprah a while back. In it, Oprah tells her audience there can’t possibly be one way to God. Then, when someone stands up for Jesus, she argues a little, and finally says, “I can’t get into a religious argument with you.” The clip bothered me, because she was trying [...]
Thriving for Wilderness and Sanctuary
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008This last week during our hiatus, our plan was to get away from the site, the comic, and anything not related to family, work, or survival. Personally, I had gotten burned out for a time, not feeling driven and just writing for the sake of writing because I needed to post that day. I was [...]
Heaven and Hell. God and Satan. What Does America Believe?
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008What does America believe in? Is God real? If so, how do we picture the nature of the being?
My personal story: When I was a very young boy, our family went to Mass every Sunday, my sister and I went to Catechism (Sunday school for Catholics), and I never thought much about the existence of [...]
Cloistered Homeschool Syndrome and Patriarchal Dysfunctional Families
Monday, November 10th, 2008A friend of mine loaned me a magazine a couple days ago called, “NGJ Ministries”. I just looked up their website and found NGJ stands for “No Greater Joy”. The front of the magazine references 3 John 4: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” That’s the goal [...]
How to Overcome Inadequacies: Stop Thinking About Them
Friday, November 7th, 2008Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by everything I have to do, and want to, that I end up feeling I can’t get anything done. I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s felt that way. But when I allow a constant “to do” list to stream through my brain, it floods my alertness, and I [...]
Is Celebrating Halloween Wrong for Christians?
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008I’ve heard the arguments my whole life: Halloween originated as a pagan holiday, a grotesque one at that! Christians have no business celebrating a holiday whose origins go so far against God. Even if it has changed, it’s hardly an innocent holiday now! I mean, look at all those children, dressed up as ghosts and [...]
How to Read the Bible Every Day
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008For a lot of my life, I told myself I didn’t have time to read the Bible. I occasionally cracked it open. But then a week, or month would go by until I touched it again. I did pray, though not as much as now. My prayers were shallow. I didn’t understand Who I was [...]
Psalm 121:3 — Sleeping in Peace
Friday, October 24th, 2008He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber
Psalm 121:3
Scrapbooks…
I have a note, in my handwriting, in my scrapbook from years ago. It says, “Give your worries to God before you go to bed, He’s up all night anyway.” It was something my sister told me on the phone one [...]
Was Job’s Wife Just Another Shrieking Harpy or Something More?
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Last night at my men’s Bible study, we studied the book of Job, talked about our observations, and asked questions.
Job’s unnamed wife, who only appears briefly, comes across as just another bane to her husband.
His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
He replied, “You are talking [...]
Ben Stein: Jewish, but OK with Christmas Trees
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008With the holidays approaching, we know it’s going to start up again. The same battle heard for years now: separation of church and state vs. Christmas. Nativities and Christmas trees will be taken off lawns of courthouses. For non-compliant government offices, lawsuits will be started. Employees of our favorite stores will be told it’s inappropriate [...]
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