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Choosing Between Good Things

I have things to plan and work for regarding the future, and to do so I must figure out what things to give up in the present, if only temporarily. I don't want to give things up. I feel like I shouldn't give up some of them. But I do need to at least consider doing...

Summarized Bible References to Get You Curious

Robust 80-year-old man claims mountain inheritance promised to him 40 years before. (Joshua 14:6-15) Two men get too big for their respective britches. One flees from the other in battle, the other dies after a very strong woman tosses a millstone on his head. (Judges...

Just Wondering

I have things about the Bible that I wonder sometimes. They're not doctrinally important so the Bible doesn't give answers, so I just wonder for fun. If you're curious, here are a few. In the book of Ruth, was Ruth's and Boaz's relationship as romantic as my 21st...

Church Notes Again

For previous ones: Church Notes and More Church Notes I have some more notes to share that I've written down after hearing them in church. With great privilege comes great responsibility, yet so often we want all the privilege and none of the responsibility. We ask...

Deity Becoming Humanity

There is something so other about Jesus Christ coming to us as a baby. It's strange, it's wonderful, it's holy, it's contradictory. God became human while still being God. Lately the weightiness of this has been on my mind. Jesus is God, and He limited His power and...

A Few Things to Remember When Life Gets Hectic

Stop and breathe several deep, deep breaths. Talk with God about the problem(s). Scream into a pillow if you need to. Go for a run, a brisk walk, or do some other exercise to get out the pent up energy. Jesus did not promise us lives of ease, but He did promise to...

Quiet Thankfulness

I see I've missed posting another Thursday, but this time I'm giving myself an excuse because I was enjoying a holiday with family and friends. That holiday was Thanksgiving, and I found myself having a nice quiet time. While having that nice quiet time, I felt...

Training Wheels

Most of the time when a kid learns to ride a bicycle, they start with training wheels until they learn how to balance properly, then they don't need them anymore and can do even more while they ride. Sometimes life can be like that. But what happens when you think...

Almost, I Think

Several posts back (Time for a Change and Some Balance Adjustment) I mentioned setting a day to blog once a week. I'm trying to make that day Thursday, but I've missed it a couple times and made up for it by posting twice the next week. I would have liked to have had...