Favor

The favor of God is a beautiful thing. 
It is the quiet blessing that prospers everything you do. You earn respect at work without even trying for it, people are drawn to you, doors open where there were limited opportunities, most things seem to work out just right, and even the trials reveal a blessing in the end [...]

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The shaking: learning the meaning of sacrifice

I think my church is in crisis…
On the surface of things all is well. We have an amazing, godly pastor who preaches the word of truth with power and authority, and everyone leaves service feeling convicted or uplifted.
But something isn’t translating.
Sample of our annoucements today:
If we don’t get some volunteers, our sunday morning nursery is [...]

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The view from the valley

I really have to stop blogging so late in the day, but that’s usually when my most profound thoughts bubble to the surface.
Today was a valley day… as in not a mountaintop day.
I think I need to get my mind off politics, because it feels right now like there’s nothing much I can do at [...]

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Loss of Innocence

I almost feel sorry for the democrats. Almost.
Anyone who has ever stood inches away from a dream and watched it melt away must feel a certain tinge of empathy for those millions of hungry, eager young people who thought that salvation was finally near.
They really did believe that the elites of their establishment were about the [...]

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When Christianity and Conservatism collide

I am sick and tired of crossing swords with fiscal conservatives, or any conservatives really, who want to throw social conservatives under the bus because they have hearts, and the wisdom to appreciate that there is a way to balance good government and money management with compassion for those in need.
This morning I ran across a Dakota Voice blog post [...]

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Procrastination; sometimes its too little too late

I’m pooped, wiped out, and every other phrase that means ‘you could scrape me up off of the street with a shovel’ exhausted.
I’m taking a mandatory on line class.
Our State Department of Education has informed us that we all need to get certified with 90 hours of college instruction in how to teach English as a second [...]

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Words Do Matter: Enough with the ‘misspeaking’ already

The power of words this election season seemed to matter tenfold because of the oratorical skills of candidates like Mike Huckabee and Barak Obama.
When you throw in scandalous comments by pastors, 24/7  cable t.v. coverage, talk radio and ‘I misspokes’ by the Clintons,  you have a regular witches brew of words that cannot be taken back [...]

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Allam becomes Christian

Wow,
Well I don’t know how much coverage its been getting, as I’ve sworn off cable news since Mike left the race, but I just saw on the Fox News homepage of my laptop that a prominent Italian muslim author and critic of fundamentalist Islam, Magdi Allam, converted to christianity and was baptized by the pope himself [...]

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Lesson from a Crepe Myrtle

Ok, so I know I already blogged today, but I have to note the life lessons as they happen because I’m a bit of a scatter brain.
We have a problem hole in the garden. You know, one of those where everything you plant in it dies? They drown, or wither or just don’t grow at all. [...]

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Easter is about more than the resurrection

I’ll just bet your blasphemy antennae quivered when you read the title of this blog post!
Not to panic. I fully embrace the resurrection of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ as the central tenet of our faith. It was His resurrection on this glorious day that ensured my right to forgiveness for my [...]

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