Weekly Thoughts

Now I Get it #4, White Stone

Hi all, This autumn we took a trip with others to visit friends in house churches in the US area called 'New England', which is the far northeast

Now I Get It #3, Friend at Midnight

Hi all, The summer I turned 16 my mother took we 4 kids and my cousin who was also about to turn 16, camping around Europe for nearly a month. Mom had

Now I Get It #2, Braid, Veil

Hi all, When I pick Chris up from the group home one of the first things he does is reach for my phone because on it I have a play list of children's

Now I Get It #1, What Jesus Wrote in Dust

Hi all, Barb's dad was legendary for using one word when he meant another, or completely messing up the pronunciation of words he meant to say, which

What is Taking up the Cross #4, Strongholds

Hi all, Last week I told the stories of 3 people who crucified old ways of thinking so they could begin thinking new thoughts: The teen who stole from

What is Taking up the Cross #3, Poison

Hi all, Once in a while I get in the mood for a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast, and this was one of those days. We had some Irish 'Steel

What is Taking up the Cross #2, Rhino

Hi all, There are 2 benchmark events in my life that confirmed something I had tried to keep quiet, crammed into the back of my mind for years, but

What is Taking up the Cross #1, Cheeseburger

Hi all, I'm starting with a confession of sin, something I've had to deal with over the years that only recently have I overcome, and that overcoming

Why no Rapture last week? #3 Urgent/Import

Hi all, It was budget time at the Bible school where I was Executive Director, and that meant about 2 million dollars had to be worked through in

Why no Rapture last week #2

Hi all, In what seems like a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I owned 2 pizza delivery stores. At one of them I had a manager who was well

Why no Rapture Last Week #1

Hi all, There is a well done little movie playing in the US right now called 'Mr. Holmes'. Set in 1947, it is about detective Sherlock Holmes at age

Knowing Sacred/ Fear of God #2, Chris/ The Girl

Hi all, Chris and the 'girl' Chris and I were in a Lowe's store - which is a home improvement store selling tools and lumber, lighting

Knowing Sacred/Fear of God #1, Solomon

Hi all, I've heard and read repeatedly over the years I'm supposed to have the fear of God, but no sermon nor book has ever told me how I could get

Self-Centered/Righteous? #4 (Giving Tzedakah)

Hi all, I've been talking about tzedakah, often translated as 'righteousness' in our Bibles, and how tzedakah in Hebrew culture and the Bible is both

Self-centered/Right #3 (Marriage/Divorce)

Hi all, This series is about tzedakah, righteousness in Hebrew, and my statement that a true disciple of Jesus (not just a believer, but a disciple)

Self-Centered/Rightness #2 (Why Healing)

Hi all, Shortly after the USSR fell apart, I led a team to the city of Ekaterinburg, a city of over 1 million people sitting astride the Ural

Self-centered Christian #1/Tzedekah

Hi all, I was getting Chris dressed for the day while having a pity party, discouraged, with a to-do list the length of my arm - feeling overwhelmed

Spiritual Dream, Part 3

Hi all, The dream continued...we closed last week with: "...So what do you think is the reason all these people suddenly have clarity about