Resurrection: cosmic, communal; Hopkins, Karr
For Easter, here are two poems, inspired again by the Christian Wiman interview. The first, Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection,” is, I...
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Why Homosexuality Is Not Like Other Sins
Homosexuality is not the only sin mentioned in 1 Corinthians 6:9–10. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor...
View ArticleLaughter is worthwhile (A-Z Blogging Challenge)
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." Mark Twain I remember laughing a lot in college. Looking back there aren't many things I specifically remember laughing about,...
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Proverbs 9: Productive Conversations
Proverbs 9 provides some very good advice for those of us who are interested in apologetics. Obviously, our interests often times bring us into deeper discussions with people who we might not see eye...
View ArticleLet’s Not Get the Hell Out of Here
Easter Sunday is a hard act to follow. “The strife is o’er, the battle done/Now is the Victor’s triumph won/He closed the gates of yawning hell/The bars from heaven’s high portals fell.” And, this...
View ArticlePRAYER: THE PEACE OF GOD
Jehovah Nissi, The Lord My Banner, we worship you, we praise and glorify you. You are worthy, oh so worthy, Lord. Exalted Creator in Heaven, You are faithful, oh so faithful. You are righteous and none...
View ArticleMonday Monkery – Day after Easter Sunday Edition
Pastor Dan, who does our weekly iMonk Saturday Ramblings, got Holy Saturday off this past weekend so that he could focus on all the special services he was participating in. I remember those marathon...
View ArticlePraying for Boys, Session Four: Honor, Integrity, Obedience, Oh My!
Last week, we started what we’ve all been wanting to start: praying for our boys. For each day, Brooke has written a page or two on a specific topic with ten correlating scriptures to pray over our...
View ArticleSilencing My Ignorance
We live in such a noisy world. It’s hard to grasp pure silence anymore. Yet, don’t we all long for it from time to time? … I know that I do. Hmmm....
View ArticleThe other disciples in the scene
Caravaggio painted his The Incredulity of St. Thomas sometime around the turn of the seventeenth century. Jesus (in white linen) stands to the left, Thomas is next to him (in a thread-bare red shirt),...
View ArticleThis is why . . .
First, you get a question. “What is God's will for my life?” or “Are my parents really in purgatory” or “What about babies who die before they are baptized?” or “What about all those people who lived...
View ArticleTULIPs for the tolerant
So, the Internets are not friendly to Calvinists. And I get it. There are some in my Reformed tradition who would hardly want to acknowledge me as part of their theological tree. read more
View ArticleWhat do you think the marks of a true Christian are?
Based on being or not being a Christian, I really believe this is a judgement that you need to do on yourself. Judging others is not for the Christian or non Christian. Let’s leave this up to God…...
View ArticleThe Glory of Kings
Video: Bill Johnson explains that God conceals things for us Proverbs 25:2 (Amp) 2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a thing. “There is depth to...
View ArticleApr 21, Prayer for my dying Mother
Please pray to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, The Master Physician, if He is willing to heal my very sick Mother, She suffers from Anemia and her care
View ArticleApr 21, Prayer for Help and Guidance
Jesus,thank you for waking up me once again.Lord,pls.bless my child in her activities.May you will beside her helping,guiding,guarding,protecting and loving
View ArticleLove & Marriage (and a Book Giveaway!)
Anne Lamott once said, “A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.” There’s a lot of wisdom in that. Because that […]
View ArticleThe Birthing Place of Beauty
On our early morning flight, the attendant offered me a drink, and with every intense ounce of me I asked for coffee. I may have grunted it, because she and […]
View ArticleApr 21, A Prayer to Save My Marriage
Heavenly Father, please help me I have made a mess of my marriage by not being the loving and caring man that I set out to be and that my wife expected
View ArticleApr 21, Prayer for immediate employment of my brother
Dear Lord Jesus Christ please help my brother Macnell Alcorcon for an immediate employment now in Singapore. I hope Lord his previous employer in Singapore
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