As we begin this new week, there are probably some “wells” of concern or trouble in your life. Some of them are likely issues that seem to be incredibly overwhelming to you. Maybe they appear to be hopeless. How deep are they? Maybe they are deep financial wells? Maybe they are deep health wells? In [...]
Archive for February, 2012
When I was finishing High School in 1969, the year 2000 seemed to far away, and the thoughts of a new century were almost mystical. And yet here we are 12 years into this new millenium. Are we near the end? I read Hal Lindsay’s Late Great Planet Earth during my college days, and I [...]
Sitting on the Mount of Olives, Jesus is approached by his disciples and they ask Him, ‘Tell us what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?” Jesus then describes the signs of the coming in the rest of Matthew 24. He cautions them about being mislead. In 24:6 [...]
Do you remember the story we heard growing up about the little Boy, I think a “Dutch boy”, who saw a small leak in the dam and tried to plug it with his finger, and then there was another, and then another? Have you ever felt that way in life? How about in the matter [...]
We can say it in all kinds of ways. Can a leopard change its spots? Can a Tiger lose its stripes? Can a donkey suddenly become a zebra if we paint stripes on it? The Proverb in Africa is that no matter how long a log floats in the river, it will never become a crocodile. [...]
Have you ever wished your life could be a “do over”? Kind of like a “mulligan” in golf? I am not much of a golfer, but I always enjoyed playing in “Captain’s choice” tournaments. The team plays the best shot of their foursome. And often you can buy mulligans, which means you get to re-hit [...]
Emptional Vampires: Dealing with People Who Drain You Dry is an interesting book that I am reading. It is a book written by a psychologist primarily for the world of business. The author says that when people drive themselves crazy, we call it a neuroses or a pscychoses. When they drive us crazy it is [...]
Building Rectangular Churches for People Who Live in Round Huts
Posted: February 11, 2012 in UncategorizedIt is interesting to consider what we think comprises the matter of being a Christian. For me it can be reduced to the simplicity of Jesus’ invitation in Matthew 4:19, “Follow me and I will make you a fisher of men. ” There is no church building with a steeple implied in that invitation. There [...]
Who Drank the Kool-aid?
Posted: February 10, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: cult, Kool-aid, real thing, vaccination
In November of 1978 the world was shocked by the mass suicide of the followers of cult leader Jim Jones in Guyana. Ever since, the phrase “don’t drink the kool-aid” has been a way of saying be cautious about listening to “kooky” ideas. But who defines what is normal? Is it what the majority thinks? [...]
Living Water
Posted: February 9, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: immorality, Jesus, Living water, Samaritan, wells
I only wanted to take the picture of the woman drawing the water, but everyone else insisted on being in the picture. There are wells like this one scattered throughout the village. But the best water is in just two places where there is a deep well, and a hand pump, rather than a rope. [...]
