The Quiet Secret to Global Revolution
Well, look at me! Posting for the second day in a row. I told you I’d be back! 🙂 I actually have a guest post up at Dr. Chuck Crisco’s...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Jul 11, 2016
- 4 min
His Eye Is On the Party Sparrow
Last night when I sat down for my bedtime prayer/meditation, the face of the chaplain who runs the chapel at the local truck stop came...
- Jul 27, 2015
- 2 min
Operation Saris for Grannies
For a while now, I have had the good fortune to message via facebook with a Christian minister working in a section of southern India...
- May 28, 2015
- 5 min
Explaining God to a Child
A lot of Christians have a strong desire to ensure that their children follow them in the faith. And to that end, a great deal of energy...
- May 4, 2015
- 4 min
Why You Should Always, Always, Always Listen to Your Heart
Prior to that, it was believed that the seat of thought, emotion and will was the heart. Which actually makes sense because if you’ve...
- Apr 30, 2015
- 4 min
How to Recognize a Brother or Sister in Christ
I have met some of the coolest people while writing this blog. One of these days, I’m going to have to share the story of how God sent...
- Mar 16, 2015
- 1 min
This Is Our Faith
My friend Carol sent me a link to this video over the weekend of Egyptian Christian’s responding to the murder of 21 of their own by ISIS...
- Mar 15, 2015
- 2 min
Let’s Talk About the Scary Atheists
(Some) American Christians are well know for their fear of various boogeymen. Muslims, feminists, the anti-Christ, abortion rights...
- Mar 12, 2015
- 6 min
Me and That Judging Thing
I’ve written a couple of times about what I call “the hardest, best spiritual discipline I’ve ever tried” – that being not judging. Now,...
- Jan 27, 2015
- 2 min
God’s Ways Have a Power All Their Own
God’s ways do not rely on the goodness of men (or women) to work. They have a power all their own. Thus, all through the Old Testament,...
- Jan 23, 2015
- 1 min
The Spirit In You Knows the Truth
That hopeful feeling you experience when someone tells you that God is better than you’ve been taught is the Holy Spirit moving. I know a...
- Jan 18, 2015
- 3 min
The Mystery of Faith
“Go that way! Towards the sun.” I always wondered about faith. Evangelicals say that you have to choose to have it. Calvinists say that...
- Jan 8, 2015
- 3 min
I Probably Shouldn’t Say This . . .
OK, I just want to say at the outset that what I am about to say is not in anyway meant to insult Jesus. I would swear it to you, but...
- Dec 22, 2014
- 1 min
The Christmas Bird
Instead of doing my Christmas shopping, I made this for y’all. Grab a cuppa whatever suits you best and listen to the dulcet sound of my...
- Oct 28, 2014
- 1 min
On Treading Water
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Once upon a time a dastardly villian took a girl out to sea and left her there in the water, in...
- Oct 27, 2014
- 3 min
Does Forgiving Demand Restoring Relationship?
One of the problems that people commonly struggle with when it comes to forgiveness is the issue of the restoration of relationships. Can...
- Oct 27, 2014
- 6 min
The Sacrifice of Isaac . . . Or Provincial Much?*
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has showed you, O man, what is good. And...
- Oct 24, 2014
- 4 min
Being Passive is a Discipline
Passivity is a discipline. In fact, sometimes I think it is the hardest discipline – particularly in a culture like ours. We humans like...
- Sep 24, 2014
- 4 min
The Holy Spirit Doesn’t Much Care For Rules
The only thing I really knew about Wheaton was that the kids who went there were freaks. The whole place was a freakshow, really. (I...
- Sep 18, 2014
- 2 min
Power and Love On the Cross
Over the years I have heard this interaction between Jesus and the thief on the cross explained mostly as a demonstration of power. Jesus...
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