I tried to write three different devotional posts today, and all of them sucked. Okay, they didn’t suck, but they were below my middling standards. There are some days that you can’t write anything encouraging, and have to sing it instead. So here’s one of my favorite songs of all time, “Before You Call“, by… [Read more…]
May 1, 2012
“Forgive us our sins.” – Luke 11:4 I love the Lord’s Prayer, except this verse. I hate that part, and so generally avoid it. But not today. Because there must be some reason why Christ calls us to confess in prayer, even if I don’t like it. So here are some of the sins that… [Read more…]
April 27, 2012
So there’s this – you’ve probably already seen it, but if not, you owe it to yourself to watch it: I watched this short film with my wife, and I’ll admit that there were a few moments when I was close to crying, a little. It is a wonderful thing to see a child’s eyes… [Read more…]
April 25, 2012
So, I sold my baby. My non-sentient one, a 1977 J.C. Penney Pinto moped which I repaired myself, and tricked out with a custom seat, grips and sidewalls. I loved that bike. But I had some car repairs to make, and so Red Pinto was sacrificed to fix Rocket, my family’s Toyota Sienna. I’m sorry,… [Read more…]
April 23, 2012
Acts 1 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he… [Read more…]
April 16, 2012
John 21:17-23 17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed… [Read more…]
April 9, 2012
Luke 24 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 17 He… [Read more…]
April 6, 2012
Carol and I had a scary moment a week ago. This baby is incredibly active and loves to do handstands and whatnot, much to Carol’s discomfort. But on Thursday and Friday, he or she just stopped moving completely, which scared us half to death. You see, when a baby stops moving like that, chances are… [Read more…]
May 7, 2012
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