A Happy Christmas may hurt as well
It was a great idea, except for Dodie the donkey. Our church was hosting a pre-Christmas open house, so we decided to set up a sort…
Christmas: from a squeal to a whisper
My daughter and I have this contest to see who gets to be first to text the other “waaaaaahaah!” when Christmas comes around. It means we’ve…
There’s still a place for a true record
Historians face a challenging future. Anyone trying to make sense tomorrow of what went on today will need high-level search skills and a healthy dose of…
Sitting in God’s waiting room
I’m writing this by hand in the examination room at my doctor’s. The nurse brought me in here, took my blood pressure, then left telling me…
Putting some ‘thankfuel’ in my tank
I prefer the simpler Milne-Pooh Personality Type assessment over the Myers-Briggs, because it’s based on one letter instead of four. I come out as an E…
Highway to headlining
If you’ve spent any time in church you have probably heard Bob Dylan or The Beatles cited in a sermon. The Answer is Blowing in the…
Shuffling from faithless to faithlets
The first time I exercised after a few years of sedentary life wasn’t pretty. The rather large gap between what I envisaged (hurdling!) and what I…
Fleeces, Woozles, and waiting
If you’re desperate for God to bring clarity on some big issue in your life, you’re not alone. There’s a whole bunch of us in the…
Ditching the truth
While it’s fair to say that much of the mainstream media has a liberal bias, it’s a mistake for Christians to write it all off and…
The undervalued spiritual gift of ears
The story of the Day of Pentecost has prompted much division over one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and whether it is for today:…
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