Episode Archives

Ironies …

Our Bible Study today centered around Habakuk’s wrestling with the apparent lack of action on the part of God to descipline his people. As Lyle taught, he did a great job, I was struck by the irony of Habakuk 1:5. God replied to Habakuk that he was goint to … Continue reading

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Sometimes a story makes the point … we must be a blessing to the world …

Rick at Aintsobad relayed a story. Pay attention to the end of the story and the phrase, “Sometimes I remember to be like Him.”

Here is the story – grab a kleenex.

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The first time I saw Larabeth she sat straddle the rail of the overpass bridge. In … Continue reading

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What it will be like …

We shared a good yet disturbing week around the house. Good in that Patty and I spent some time hanging out, working on a project or two and gathering tomatos. Disturbing in that we realized that one day the week we enjoyed will be the staple for our future. … Continue reading

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Role reversal … “comment-or” becomes “post-or” …

Lyle offered a very insightful comment to a recent post. Many do not read the comments. There are times when I am glad for this. Like when someone gets on who intends to use the site for personal advertisement – other websites offering interesting assistance. I try to monitor … Continue reading

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Our preferences for blessing expose our lack of attentiveness …

Brian McLaren wrote an article on how efforts to renew the church are often misguided. In the article McLaren quotes the late missiologist Leslie Newbigin.

Lesslie Newbigin often spoke of the greatest heresy of monotheism (in its Jewish, Christian, and Islamic forms): cherishing Clause A of the Abrahamic call Continue reading

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