Faith struggles online

Two new websites, one by someone I know personally, and another by someone I’ve just met through email and links, have recently begun websites designed to minister and create conversation for folks going through faith stuggles. Pam Cameron, UAM student…

Christ-centered decision-making

This won’t be an indepth post at all, but Elders and Leaders by Getz is goooood. Our church’s elders have been chewing on it since last fall, and we’re just now beginning to dialogue about it in our meetings. One…

Harvard Reading Test

AJ sent me this today. I rarely post (or even read) email forwards, but this caught my eye. This was developed as an age test by an R&D department at Harvard University. Take your time and see if you can…

The Golden Rule

Couched towards the end of Jesus’s revolutionary and religion-shattering Sermon on the Mount is what we have come to know as the Golden Rule. In Matthew 7.12, Jesus says, “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also…

All mixed up, 2

“Aaaaaaaah!” I heard the scream burst from the kitchen. I jumped up, wondering what in the world was going on. This is what I found. If she had stuck with the Hamilton Beach mixer, I’m sure that would have never…

I’m nuts for coconuts…

I need some help. I’m calling on the Blog World, friends, family, and the pope to assist me. My brother-in-law, TC, gave us this little box of “Holiday Snack Nuts.” It wasn’t until a few nights ago that we broke…