Some Random Thoughts on Thursday
I have over 30 blogs on my news feeder (Feedly) that I read, nearly every day. Yes, I know; it’s too many. That’s why I use Feedly. It gives me a quick overview and I can skim that to determine whether...
View ArticleWednesday Wanderings
Here are several links to posts you should probably look at or read… Joel Osteen: Not the Pastor America Needs, but the Pastor We Deserve Well, this will tickle your whiskers. I’d be truly interested...
View ArticleTickling Your Ears…Eyes? Mind? on Tuesday
Good morning, everyone! Hope you’re ready for a trip over a variety of topographies today. Several things I’ve come across and wanted to point you toward for your enjoyment, for your betterment, for...
View ArticleWhere Are We Headed? Why Are We In This Handbasket?
Okay, I’m going to get in trouble for some of this; and for other bits, I may receive a few chuckles (which will be commendation enough, I suppose). ________________________________________ Joel...
View ArticleThursday Thoughts…from All Over
My week has been taxing with many people appointments and a four hour session with elders and deacons last evening. So…with few thoughts actually residing in my head (you’d think they couldn’t possible...
View ArticleWhat’s Essential?
David Murray wrote a post last week that keeps popping into my awareness again and again. He’d read a book recently called ‘Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less’ by Greg McKweon. Murray lays...
View ArticleTuesday’s Travel Space-filler
I’ve decided, since I’m on the road and blogging in advance, that ‘space-filler’ might just be the most accurate wording for what I’m doing for the final two days of our travels. And yet, I’ve looked...
View ArticleLet’s Try This Again
Well, that was quite an unannounced hiatus wasn’t it? Five months, almost to the day, if you’re the picky sort. During that time, I needed to do some serious thinking about why I blog and what that...
View ArticleLots About A Little…or Something Like That
This ‘dryness’ in blogging continues a bit. There have been many people matters at church, meetings and then there’s just all the regular ministry matters. It doesn’t leave time for much ‘outside’...
View ArticleIt May Be January in Minnesota…
…but inside the blogging portion of my mind, this is a bit more realistic… So, I’ll see what happens today and report back tomorrow! Stay warm (or cool, depending upon where you live. And all you...
View ArticleFriday Five – The Week’s ‘Best’ Posts
I’m going to try something just a bit different today. Rather than five goofy images scoured from hours on the internet (okay, it really only takes about 15 minutes to come up with most of those) or...
View ArticleFinal Blast From the Past for the Week
I’m retreating to an old post today. My wife, Ann, is having surgery and I didn’t want to have to concentrate on anything but taking care of her. So, here’s a little something from two years ago: Psalm...
View ArticleBlast From the Past, Halloween
I’m on study leave this week, which means I’ve left my darling bride home all alone, completely by herself, to hand out goodies to all the little goblins, ghouls, ballerinas, princesses, and...
View ArticleStatus Update
Rebecca, from Rebecca Writes, will give a monthly status update and I’ve found that I really like it. So, since I’ve never had an original thought of my own, I thought I’d steal copy her idea: (Not...
View ArticleFriday Five
Wow, two days went by without and post and, even though I was aware it was happening, I was practically unable to do anything about it. Sigh. So, I present to you today (with some fun inserts) five...
View ArticleSome Fun Help Taking Serious Matters Seriously
I’ve just discovered Adam4d.com. Adam is a husband, father and draw-er of comics to make us think. Here’s a sample: Sadly, it’s pretty typical of most evangelicals to say things like, ‘God loves us...
View ArticleI’m On Vacation!
And not much of it has gone as planned…well, except the part where we haul two children and most of their earthly belongings off to two different colleges on two different days. Phew! So, since we’re...
View ArticleA Little About a Lot
Oh, I stirred up a fuss yesterday. I cross-posted my article on the Pope and Bishop Tutu (sorry, I have always giggled when saying that name out loud; go on, try it and see if you can do it with a...
View ArticleGladys Aylward, Childlike vs. Childish, the 1st Amendment and more
Well, it’s been over four weeks since I blogged consistently about anything other than book reviews. Much has happened during that time and… …I have no desire to try to recap or review any of it! But...
View ArticleA Long Break
Bilbo: I’m old, Gandalf. I know I don’t look it, but I’m beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel… thin. Sort of stretched, like… butter scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday. A very long...
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