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Karma vs Grace
This school year I am involved with teaching the yewts at our church during Sunday mornings. The older I get, the less I know that I know, but the few things I do know, I know that I know. Since I want to give these kids something they can hang onto, I am careful to only talk...
Remind me not to do that again…
Okay, so I was up till Oh-Dark-Thirty yesterday, which is not a Good Thing for me. MBB's daughter Ashley, who lives with us, is dealing with walking pneumonia right now, as is her daughter Bella. Yesterday afternoon, MBB announced that she felt lousy and wished she had canceled...
A Weird Record
Evan Williams must hold the record for "The Most People Using the Most Words He Created in the Least Time", or something like that. First "blog", "blogger" and now "twitter". Is he the Bill Shakespeare of the 21st century? (Ok, I am being facetious.) But seriously, is there...
Ruminations on Baptism
If you were baptised as an infant, then someone made a decision to do something good for you, a decision that you were incapable of making for yourself. In baptism, the child is welcomed into the household of faith and accepted as a part of the community of faith - all very...
Subject Predicate Object
A young friend of mine is struggling mightily to overcome a particular behavior that he considers sin. I don't say right out that it is sin because I know that he has a little confusion about the difference between sin and temptation. Of course, if it's temptation he is hoping...
Holiness vs Happiness-What’s It All About
Inspired by anonymous commenters... As best as I can figure, we humans have two possible ways of relating to God: 1. A business relationship 2. A family relationship A family relationship is based upon the the nature of the persons in the relationship. A business relationship...