C.S. Lewis once purposed that Christianity on Earth is like a great big house with a great hall that leads to different rooms representing various aspects of faith. It is in these rooms that Christians live out there faith with other believers. It is in the halls that we gather with other believers who do not do life in our rooms. » Read the rest of this entry «
Blank Canvas
March 9th, 2010 § 2
My wife bought me a set of brushes, a easel, and a few really nice canvases.
There is only one problem what do I paint? » Read the rest of this entry «
Silence
March 8th, 2010 § 0
This is a poem inspired by the horror of a future far to likely and real. My great uncle Walter nearly flew the plane that bombed Hiroshima. It gave him nightmares for over five decades. We watched a show where a radioactive bomb was used as a plot device. Do we know what those devices have really done? » Read the rest of this entry «
Mini Easter
March 7th, 2010 § 0
This is a mini-thought on the Lent series.
Every Sunday in Lent is a free day where celebration replaces sacrifice at the rejoicing of Christ resurrection is foreshadowed. Every Sunday should be like this and I hope well after the Lent season ends that I remember that every Sunday should be a mini-Easter for the Christian.
think twice, speak once
March 6th, 2010 § 0
I am working on a new policy concerning my use of social media. I am trying to think twice and then when necessary to then talk. This isn’t easy for me because I have made a habit of responding to some things that I should probably have just resisted the opportunity to speak and just let slide. » Read the rest of this entry «
Life is easier on tv
March 5th, 2010 § 0
I saw a commercial today with Neil Patrick Harris where he mentioned he use to play a doctor on tv. It was a comedy slash coming of age drama. I refuse to say that for a few weeks I watched the show religiously. » Read the rest of this entry «
rays of hope
March 4th, 2010 § 0
And if your strife strikes at your sleep
Remember spring swaps snow for leaves
You’ll be happy and wholesome again
When the city clears and sun ascends.
~ Winter Winds by Mumford & Sons
Lent, Depression & Grace
March 3rd, 2010 § 0
This is the fourth in a series on thoughts on Lent.
Arctic winds swept over the mountains and settled in the valleys. The sun would disappear for days that turned in to weeks on end. Weeks turned in to months and for only brief moments the sun would tauntingly unhide itself before hiding again behind foreboding clouds which felt like lifetimes. » Read the rest of this entry «
The death of television entertainment
March 2nd, 2010 § 1
Today I have installed, watched, and reflected on television. Entertainment has been hijacked by amusement. Television has moved from entertaining to mere amusement. Television the true opium of the masses.
A lamp not a spotlight
March 1st, 2010 § 0
“YOUR word is a lamp unto my feet and a light on to my path.” Only the next step is revealed so that we must continually be before the Word.