We are too civilized and educated to worship idols, aren’t we? We wouldn’t consider wasting our time carving a figure out of wood or stone and bowing down to it. The object would be blind, deaf, and dumb. Totally useless to help us out. Then again, we may be guilty of something too similar more [...]
I grew up believing that one should never question God. Looking back, I don’t know if I was told that, or if my personal view of God led me to think that. Regardless, as an adult studying scripture, I learned that approaching God boldly with our doubts and questions is exactly what the characters in [...]
A man down the street has been diagnosed with two totally different debilitating diseases. His mind is failing incredibly fast and the prognosis is not good. I know him in the sense all small town folks know one another. I’ve been in the shop he used to own downtown, waved when passing on the street, [...]
I’ve had many wonderful times with other Christians both within a church setting and outside the walls. The memories that stick with me most however are not the meals, parties, or other social gatherings but rather the time spent working together to accomplish a task. I joined a rather large church fresh out of college but [...]
One of my favorite activities is hiking. It doesn’t matter if it is a few hours in the woods, a day hike to a mountain top, or a three day journey to camp at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. There is something you gain by being surrounded by nothing but nature that you can’t [...]
