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Irony or Providence?
Four or Five years ago I, subconsciously, picked up a tune that I kept playing over and over. It was a short riff that I began playing whenever I was leading worship or playing at a prayer service. Over the last few years I’ve played this tune hundreds of times but couldn’t ever remember where … Continue reading
Who Cares if a Pastor Has an Affair?
This is a letter to all Pastors. You may be wondering, “who cares if a pastor has an affair?” Well, we all should. Why? Because our leaders are held to a higher standard than the rest of us. Because the world looks at pastors as examples of Christ-likeness. Because Paul said follow me as I … Continue reading
Book Review: You Were Born For This: Seven Keys to a Life of Predictable Miracles
His New York Times phenomenon The Prayer of Jabez changed how millions pray. Now Bruce Wilkinson wants to change what they do next. Anyone can do a good deed, but some good works can only happen by a direct intervention from God. Around the world these acts are called miracles—not that even religious people expect … Continue reading
Book Review: If God is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil
Every one of us will experience suffering. Many of us are experiencing it now. As we have seen in recent years, evil is real in our world, present and close to each one of us. In such difficult times, suffering and evil beg questions about God–Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world … Continue reading
Kiss Me Again: Restoring Lost Intimacy in Marriage Book Review
If you’ve ever wondered why God says not to have sex before we are married, Kiss Me Again: Restoring Lost Intimacy In Marriage, by Barbara Wilson, answers your question, and it addresses all the obstacles women face when they decide not to wait for marriage before they have their first sexual experience. In Song of … Continue reading
The Book That Made America: How The Bible Formed Our Nation
There is much debate going on about what principles the United States of America was founded. Was it founded by a bunch of capitalists who just happened to be moralists? Or, was it founded on Judeo/Christian principles that were established thousands of years earlier in the Bible? You would think this would be a no-brainer, … Continue reading
Cycling Devotion: It’s The Simple Things
When I leave from the house, whether I do an hour ride or a 3 hour ride, I always have this annoying, horribly rough, 1 1/2 mile road that leads up to my house. This road shakes my bike and my body to pieces every time. Well, today they re-paved that road and it is … Continue reading
Cycling Devotion: When You See a Fellow Rider, Enjoy It
When you ride a bike in the mountains, or any long, out-of-the-way road, the only people you see are other riders. A couple of weeks ago, I rode from Tryon, NC up to Saluda, NC. I left from a parking lot near Tryon and rode a few hours up to Saluda and then took the … Continue reading
Book Reviews: “Under the Distant Sky” and “A Gathering of Finches”
Under the Distant Sky by Al & Joana Lacy This was a “God-fearing” book, full of various circumstances in which the Copper family truly trusted the Lord in almost everything they did. They demonstrated the true meaning of “loving thy neighbor as thyself”, as they left their home town, joined a wagon train, and traveled … Continue reading
Book Review: The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul
I just want to start this out by saying that this book, The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul, was great. I had no idea what to expect. I’d never heard of the DragonKeeper Chronicles, but that didn’t matter. From the very beginning, this book was a treat; and one that I looked forward to … Continue reading