sojourns with Jesus

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 «

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 «

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.

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 «

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 «

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

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 «

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.

“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.

Pastor spoke on grace from Ephesians 2:8-10. Rested in grace as my newborn napped on my chest. Drank the cup of grace with new friends. Today I lived in grace.