The birds have wormed their way into yet another blog. No pun intended. Well, actually, it's not really a pun. I mean, birds eat worms, but not the kind of birds we're talking about here.. Forget it. The fact is, I got some keen insights while...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
From some old journals, continued... The cross theme in the teaching of Jesus is somehow wound up with the love theme. Greater love has no man than this, that he would give his life for his friends. The laying down of the life for others is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Oh no, he's at it again. Pushing at the edges of Christian civilization, questioning our tried and true ways. Hold your fire. Let me speak first. I never danced as a child. I'd like to say it was because I was so holy. But I was terrified of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Some old journal entries today, for your consideration... November 11, 2007 Struggling with the “cross”. What is it? What is it for me? North Korea and some solid preaching have brought the cross squarely before me, and as I have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The box being, western evangelical Christianity. Is anyone still saying their church is the only one, or the very closest way to get to Heaven. You should not read the following. By the way, I still maintain that Jesus is the only Way to Heaven....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Where would one expect most miracles to be visible, Pyongyang or Washington D.C.? Perhaps I am speaking to people who do not subscribe to the idea of miracles in this century, at all? Can you assume with me for the moment that at least somewhere...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
My grandpa came straight from Italy into an America that wasn't quite so prosperous as it is now. It was still a land of opportunity for the "tired and poor" of earth, but wasn't in its heyday. I can remember Granspa saying often, "No waste-a, no...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Been birding since I was about 8 years old. They say I'm not a true birdwatcher, but rather a bird "lister." I like seeing how many species I can see in one day, and of course sighting that new and special bird, that will add to my count. It's a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Over by our church up in Northern Illinois, there's a nature preserve with a little museum and a series of outdoor cages. Sitting in my car, waxing philosophical, I almost could see some church members around me. A fox in a cage. The thought is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I really don't mean to keep referring to it, but this past summer in Korea brought to the surface so many issues. As fear was all over me, the Enemy of our souls tried to convince me, as he has tried many times, that I had blasphemed the Holy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
