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Depending On God 13 Jul 2013 | 01:16 am
In an adult church school class recently, we were talking about “depending on God,” especially whether that meant waiting passively for help when we have trouble, such as being unable to pay a bill. W...
Small but Valuable 1 Jun 2013 | 02:06 am
“I live a small but valuable life—Meg Ryan line from “You’ve Got Mail.” “God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one migh...
Faithless 17 May 2013 | 09:57 pm
Quoting someone, even with disapproval, gives him or her credibility as a conversation partner. It implies that he or she has said something worthy of attention. I have no desire at all to give such c...
False Witness 11 May 2013 | 01:10 am
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic”—John F. Kennedy. ————————————– At a recent meeting of...
A Blog to Ponder 4 May 2013 | 12:27 am
Rather than write something original today, let me simply pass along to you a link to a blog post by Arianna Huffington, who is becoming one of my favorite writers. It’s about something called “the ti...
Closure 26 Apr 2013 | 07:43 pm
People leave all sorts of things behind when they die. Their clothes or books or whatever can be given to a thrift store or divided among heirs and other family members. The assets are distributed as ...
Seen on a Church Sign 2 19 Apr 2013 | 09:43 pm
A church on a busy corner I drive past at least four times a week has had this posted on its sign for quite awhile now: “The cross was enough.” As with the slogan I commented on in my last post, I’m p...
Seen on a Church Sign 1 13 Apr 2013 | 06:02 am
A church here in Starkville has a puzzling saying posted on its sign: “Faith Changes Facts.” Since I drove past the other day, I’ve been wondering what that sentence could possibly mean, and more than...
Update on “This Isn’t About Faith” 9 Apr 2013 | 01:20 am
The North Carolina bill that would have established a state religion is dead, thanks be to God. It was killed on Thursday, the day before I wrote my post, but I only found out today. I am astonished a...
This Isn’t About Faith 6 Apr 2013 | 01:33 am
Some lawmakers in North Carolina want to establish Christianity as the official religion of the state. They say separation of church and state applies only to the federal government. The bill introduc...
