The introduction to Desert of Solitude: Refreshed by Grace outlines how wonderful humans are even during our lowest to ordinary moments. The African Augustine of Hippo, remembered as Saint Augustine, pondered that people travel the world to experience wonder yet pass by themselves without wondering at all. We become used to ourselves, used to our lives, our surroundings, our situations. We begin to think we are common, that there’s nothing special about us, indeed that our very basic days are as good as life gets.
Preface: A Note About Desert of Solitude
Preface: A Note About Desert of Solitude Two common pieces of feedback received for My God and Me, the first book about my faith journey, was (1) the material was dense and (2) frequent pauses were needed to reflect on what was shared. As a result, I’ve taken great care to make the pages of Desert of Solitude more welcoming to read by adding breaks and transitions in the form of poems, notes, songs and sermons.
Trolling Trump
This morning, I made the mistake of visiting Trump's Twitter feed to see what today's tantrum was about. I try very hard not to post any hateful words on his feed. I try even harder to stay away from his feed altogether.
Sermon: Family Matters – Future
Family Matters - Future You can still have the family you envisioned. Just becauae you've suffered loss doesn't mean all is lost. Its never too late to go back and grieve something you didn't grieve before and move forward from there.
Charlie & Dorothy Duke: The Greatest Walk Ever
Link: http://tsc.ms/s3 Intro at 43:00 mark The Dukes shared their marriage testimony in three parts: his point of view, her point of view and a joint point of view when they got on the same page. My brief notes from their comments are below. Notes from the testimony of Charlie and Dorothy Duke at TimesContinue reading "Charlie & Dorothy Duke: The Greatest Walk Ever"
Sermon: Why Marriage? by Nik Godshall
Nik Godshall's sermon titled, "Why Marriage?" is an excellent message about the beauty of maintaining sexual purity for marriage and continuing with faithfulness in the relationship.
On editing an autobiographical work
There was no struggle with the first steps or middle ones. Only eagerness, a sense of purpose and a need to follow-through. The final actions carried the most anxiety because of their finality, perhaps because of the level of commitment and trust required to let go of the life I had been building for over twelve years.
ACAD – In God’s Hands: Acts 17
The Uproar in Thessalonica After Paul and Silas[a] had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah[b] to suffer and toContinue reading "ACAD – In God’s Hands: Acts 17"
“God Will Save Me”
Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned. When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”
ACAD – In God’s Hands: Job 12
He makes nations great, then destroys them; he enlarges nations, then leads them away. He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste. They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
Harvest Life 