I love it when it thunderstorms in the summer! The lightning, the rain, the thunder. It seems like such a violent process and yet it creates an environment where life can blossom. And although I couldn’t see myself living in Victoria, B.C. or London because it rains ALL THE TIME there, when it comes once …
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2011
our test
My summer of canvassing was a defining experience. It was probably the first time I had experienced the intensity of a moment-by-moment dependence on God. Not the morning and evening devotional kind of Christianity. But the, I need Thee every hour, every moment kind of thing! I saw God answer prayers in an instant. And …
You Are Loved
I was just browsing my facebook newsfeed and came across a status update with the phrase, “you are loved” in it and it brought to mind Josh Groban’s song by the same title (or Don’t Give Up). So…I did the natural thing and youtubed the video as I’d never seen it. And, I watched it. …
About Women…
Read this tonight and it resonated: A good woman is the best thing this side of heaven; a bad woman is the worst thing this side of the pit. A woman touches the limit both ways; she rises higher, and falls lower than man. The most degraded human being on earth today is a woman; …
grab the rope
I’ve been noting this phobia of works in the circles I frequent. You know how nothing we can do could ever earn us salvation, so there’s no point in trying to work your way to heaven…Well, I’ve been hearing those sentiments come dangerously close to, “do nothing.” But to be saved, you do have to …
clothes
It is reported that there were no civilian deaths or injuries incurred during the Western air strikes on Libya this weekend. According to the BBC News online, “the military was striving to avoid civilian casualties.” Isn’t it crazy how what you’re wearing on a particular day can make the difference between whether it is deemed …
makes the heart grow fonder…
Two years ago, during Sabbath School at Michigan campmeeting, I heard a testimony that baffled me and still has me lucidly befuddled. It was time for mission spotlight and they had an older woman share about her experience on the mission field. After the formal presentation, the interviewer announced that they also had that woman’s …
first stoning of a Sabbath-breaker
I don’t know about you, but when I read of the Israelites stoning someone to death, I imagine anger, contempt, pride and self-righteousness in their countenance. I suppose it’s because that’s the picture painted just about every time they’re out to stone someone in the New Testament. Take the woman caught in the act of …