Teens and Sleep

Teens are stressed out, read this article about teens and sleep. It is interesting.

Last week I cut back some brush, trimmed some branches and did some much needed weed eating. One of the things I noticed is how invading and entangling vines can be. I have a neighbor who planted a long time go some sort of green monster on the fence separating our two yards. The vine [...]

“your kingdom come…”

Read Matthew 6:9-13″your kingdom come…”
Food for Thought: Your Kingdom Come…
When we pray this phrase in the Lord’s Prayer we are making a bold request for God to rule over our lives. This is a bold request for God to occupy every corner of our lives. When we say “your kingdom come” you are inviting the [...]

Cows moo with an accent?

What would an Okie moo sound like?
Read the article here on Reuter’s Oddly Enough.

My science teacher failed me

I am not sure they meant to, but my grade school science teacher failed me. I learned there were nine planets in our solar system, today the ninth planet, Pluto got the boot.
You can read more here:
 Astronomers Vote to Strip Pluto of Planetary Status
Thursday , August 24, 2006
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto [...]

The Inevitability of Persecution: Matthew 10:17-42

I got to share a little bit last night from God’s Word. I was the last in a series of men to speak from a section in the All About Jesus book (a harmony of the Gospels in an easy to read format). Our church has been using this tool as an aid in our year [...]

a tough decision

I began classes on Monday. Today I dropped both of them. It is not because they were to hard or I don’t have the time to devote myself to the work. But, our financial state is not well and hopefully over the next 12 months our desire to eliminate some massive debt will put us [...]

“hallowed be your name”

Read Matthew 6:9-13″hallowed be your name…”
Food for Thought: Making a big deal out of God…
Again as we continue to explore the Lord’s prayer, let me just say again that this is more than a form prayer meant to be mechanically repated over and over. What we are introduced to in this prayer of Jesus is [...]

“Our father…”

We would do well to begin to see the Lord’s prayer as more than a rutualized form prayer to be prayed mechanically. Really what this model prayer is all about is seeing what is really important. Set in the Sermon on the Mount, this prayer is about living a kingdom life.
So we begin with the [...]

Kingdom Come

A while back I had posted my early reflections on Kingdom Come: The spiritual legacy of Harding and Lipscomb. I just finished reading this book today. This book needs to be required reading of all serious Bible students, church historians and disciples of our Lord. The kingdom thinking and living of Harding and Lipscomb was [...]