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New Year, New Schedule

Once again, I find myself changing my blog schedule. I'll be posting my blogs on Tuesday, since my new schedule this year allows better writing time on that day. Speaking of new schedules, this past year has been full of changes for me. I went from one job to another,...

Some Things About the New Year

Recently I have learned and considered that there are some things we think and feel about a new year that could use some more thought. "New year, new me!" Just because the year is new doesn't automatically mean I suddenly am or am going to be a better person. It...

If I Were There

Recently at church some of our kids sang "If I Were There", a song wondering what one might do if they were there for the birth of Jesus Christ. It's gotten me wondering what I'd think and do if I were there. Would I have the knowledge I do now and just effectively...

God Moving Like a Breeze

God has been moving a lot of things around in my life lately, with His usual care and subtlety. It's like feeling a breeze blow around me; I can't see what all God is doing, but I can tell He's there. I can't tell what He's doing or how He's doing it either, but I can...

Observable, Measurable, Usable, Relatable

God gave us the ability to observe, understand, and get in on the secrets of His creation. Animals don't know the deep intricacies of creation's workings, nor do they care. But we humans care and have the ability to notice that the universe has order, that it has...

The Unforgivable Sin

As I wrote the previous post (Last Chance), it reminded me of a sermon from a few weeks ago in church. That sermon was about the one sin that God cannot forgive, from what Jesus said in Mark 3:22-30. Jesus had been doing miracles, and in this specific case He had...

Last Chance

Yesterday our pastor was speaking somewhere else, so one of our other teachers preached the sermons. Last night he talked about something very sad: There are times when you can use up your last chance with God. In Numbers 13-14, we see the children of Israel have...

Defending God

Technically God doesn't need us to defend Him. That doesn't mean that apologetics - the explanation of what we believe and why we believe it - is wrong, it just means that God isn't helpless. If He was helpless, how could He be God, and why would we believe in or even...

A Few More Phone Notes

Usually I keep notes in a notebook, but when it isn't with me, I use my phone to keep important things I hear for later. Only God remembers you forever - all the details, all the time. When God fills your cup, there is no room for anything else. If there is impotence...