Do you know how many members of the Tate family who belong to your church? There is old man DicTate, who wants to run everything, while Uncle RoTate tries to change everything. Their sister AgiTate stirs up plenty of trouble, with help from her husband, IrriTate. Their son DebiliTate is often a bad influence on …
View full post5/30/2014 It’s a shame that the finest insight for a well-lived life isn’t neatly packaged inside fortune cookies or neat little boxes. It seems graduate, that over the next few weeks, every friend, neighbor, relative, and unknown stranger is going to tell you what to do with your life. I thought that I would join …
View full post“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.” – Philippians 2:14-15 Complainers and critical people … it’s amazing how quickly they can just suck the life …
View full postDid you hear the story of the little boy that wanted to share in Christ’s suffering? One Sunday he heard the preacher talking about Jesus’ walk to Golgotha. And he heard how Jesus’ walked the streets of stone. And he heard about the man who helped Jesus. Then the little boy went home and …
View full postBelieve it …. (Atlanta, GA) – Bracing for the inevitable flood of rabid shoppers eager to take advantage of Black Friday deals, multiple shop owners have chosen to employ off duty officers in full riot gear equipped with electrical prods to keep the unruly masses in check. Martin Denny, owner of Denny’s Discount Deals & …
View full postI read the following article (the italicized comments are mine) and thought to myself, “What in the WORLD is society coming to?!?” The writer of the article makes several points (true or not, editorialized or not) that reflect poorly on today’s culture. “the guys got into a fight and then the girls,” said Napolitano, who …
View full postThinking of the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control) and my personal need for continuing to grow in my spiritual life, I remembered this column that was written for the church newsletter a couple of months ago. I’m working on the growing up, daily. When I grow up …
View full postWhen people were asked to answer the question “Why does worship matter?” on a recent blog I read, the blogger received some great answers. Here are several of the responses that I particularly found interesting. Ryan J. said: “Worship matters because it is the inescapable activity of all people everywhere regardless of whether they are …
View full postThere was a tightrope walker, who did incredible aerial feats. All over Paris, he would do tightrope acts at tremendously scary heights. Then he had succeeding acts; he would do it blindfolded, then he would go across the tightrope, blindfolded, pushing a wheelbarrow. An American promoter read about this in the papers and wrote a …
View full postJun 06
Do you know how many members of the Tate family who belong to your church? There is old man DicTate, who wants to run everything, while Uncle RoTate tries to change everything. Their sister AgiTate stirs up plenty of trouble, with help from her husband, IrriTate. Their son DebiliTate is often a bad influence on …
May 31
5/30/2014 It’s a shame that the finest insight for a well-lived life isn’t neatly packaged inside fortune cookies or neat little boxes. It seems graduate, that over the next few weeks, every friend, neighbor, relative, and unknown stranger is going to tell you what to do with your life. I thought that I would join …
May 01
“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.” – Philippians 2:14-15 Complainers and critical people … it’s amazing how quickly they can just suck the life …
Apr 11
Did you hear the story of the little boy that wanted to share in Christ’s suffering? One Sunday he heard the preacher talking about Jesus’ walk to Golgotha. And he heard how Jesus’ walked the streets of stone. And he heard about the man who helped Jesus. Then the little boy went home and …
Nov 30
Believe it …. (Atlanta, GA) – Bracing for the inevitable flood of rabid shoppers eager to take advantage of Black Friday deals, multiple shop owners have chosen to employ off duty officers in full riot gear equipped with electrical prods to keep the unruly masses in check. Martin Denny, owner of Denny’s Discount Deals & …
