Time Goes By

Part of the reason that five or ten years goes by and you feel like there's nothing to show for it has to do with failure to seize momentary opportunities. To move faster in social settings is imperative. A chance meeting in a store or at an airport; these otherwise fleeting moments are golden. I … Continue reading Time Goes By →

A Little More About Me

Adopting the language of Michael Gerber's "E-Myth", I am a technician learning how to function as a manager and think like an entrepreneur. I work as the production manager for a wildlife rugging studio (yeah, wholesale bear rugging is actually a thing), a volunteer firefighter, and I put in three shifts a week at the … Continue reading A Little More About Me →

Him Crucified

I know nothing except Christ and Him crucified. That came to mind recently. In 1 Corinthians 2:2, Paul said, “I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” Just before that, Paul said, “...we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.” To me, the … Continue reading Him Crucified →

Quickly in it’s Time

"The least will become a thousand, The smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; I will accomplish it quickly in it's time." Isaiah 60:22 What really grabbed me was that last line: "I will accomplish it quickly in it's time" Recently, a new acquaintance of mine was telling me how he was at this … Continue reading Quickly in it’s Time →

The Unforgivable Sin

See also: Bare Minimum and Why Do People Walk Away? Recently, I was re-visiting a study of the Greek word "rhema" in the New Testament. Most of the time "word" or "words" come from the Greek, 'logos', but there are also many instances where 'rhema' occurs. The spiritual significance of rhema is that many Christians identify it … Continue reading The Unforgivable Sin →

Concerning Heaven

The thing that, I think, I will find to be the most suprising, the most moving, is how personally, how personally, God loves me. I say that because it's been easy, in the practice of my faith, to speak in a language of big concepts and ideas, and while all of those things can be … Continue reading Concerning Heaven →

I Believe

To me, "believe", is not a very compelling word, it is too vague and it also gets used to describe one's relationship with figments of one's own imagination or the conjecture of personal opinion. I find words like "persuaded" or "convinced" to be much more compelling. "I believe He is the Son of God" is … Continue reading I Believe →

Education

Mindset During my time at a small Christian college, I noticed that the best performing students were often the non-traditional ones. Why? Hunger, I suppose. Great desire. Being older, life experience surely played a key role; they had bigger frames of reference for everything. It seems like the more information you have, the more questions … Continue reading Education →

Let there be Light

In the creation account of Genesis, the phrases 'Let there be...' or 'Let the...' are used over and over again, and I wonder why the text phrased it that way. Perhaps it is nothing more than a way of speaking in the english; just a colloquial way of announcing something you are about to do. … Continue reading Let there be Light →

Adam and Eve and sin

Man sinned and nothing has been the same since, we all know the basic story. Personally, though, I think the classic images of Adam, Eve, and a fruit tree don’t do the story justice. For one thing, I think that the phrase, “the knowledge of good and evil” has generally been hollowed of meaning and … Continue reading Adam and Eve and sin →