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Random Rumblings of a Low and Restless Heart and Mind
Well, let's see how far this gets because I am having key board trouble again. I have the rubber keyboard stretched out to my right and I hit keys as I need them, like a keyboard player.Mood: Low. For...
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After the Battle
A moment of rest, after hard earned victory. Note however, that the weapon is not far away.Image is a snip from a video--I google searched battles on hills and found that "Hamburger Hill" gave some...
View ArticleA Little Scared...
Struggling a little not to be really fearful about the future of things...both personally and for my country, state, city....
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Family Rules
We could do worse than to follow these rules at church. Maybe signs like this in the narthex, visible just as you enter? “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must...
View ArticleHoliness Unto The Lord
I was considering the symbol of the Church of the Nazarene--it has the words, "Holiness unto the Lord " on it. This is still something I take pretty seriously, to live holy, like Jesus. This hymn is...
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Lost and Loss
Lower Manhattan, 1972 or 1973, either spring or fall, cloudy windy day--that is why there is hardly any contrast--it would have had to have been conjured up in the dark room. From the ferry out to the...
View ArticleYour Great Name
Worship--expressing homage, honor, to bow down, to acknowledge power and greatness.We are called to worship our creator, redeemer and sustainer...
View ArticleIsaiah 59 NIV
1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not...
View ArticleWhat Wonderous Love Is This
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!What wondrous love is this, O my soul!What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of blissTo bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,To...
View ArticleTurn Around
The latest from Matt MaherSerious breakdown last week--so weird while I am working on trying to find God's will for my life. Tempest is moving and her paid part time staff position is open. I don't...
View ArticleWhat To Do
Last week I got in a bit of a shout out with two Thursday evening buds. They were pressing me about jobs and that fed into the worthless/defective/fearful-of-rejection thing and I reacted with cursing...
View ArticleWe Bring The Sacrifice of Praise
This old praise song came to me while we were discussing the old testament sacrificial system. We no longer bring sacrifices of goats or cattle or doves. We just need to bring the sacrifice of our...
View ArticleThe Price of Civilization
I have long maintained that part of what ails America is that corporations have become far too stakeholder and profit driven. Who cares how it came about, as long as the bottom line is in the black?...
View ArticleWhy the Left Is Frequently Insufferable
From Adbusters Issue#99 Jan-Feb 2012 by Darren Fleet. The article takes a minute to find its footing, but basically it busts the left for being moralist, legalist busybodies without the idea of...
View ArticleAdvent: My Deliverer Is Coming
If I didn't believe, I think I would have fallen into an abyss...And of course, purple...
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Jesus Jersey
There's been a bit of a flap over the creation of Denver Broncos jerseys bearing Tim Tebow's #15 but instead of Tebow's name on the back, it said "JESUS" there. At first I didn't know what to think,...
View ArticleA Christmas Wish
I was just reading my friend John's latest blog post about Christmas--he talked about not fretting quite so much over traditions and letting togetherness be the major theme of the holiday celebration....
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