Thursday, April 6, 2006
Wages
The wages of sin is instant gratification and later, much much later death. Whereas doing good often gets punished immediately and only later do we reap the reward. In addition, if we do good works for the benefit or praise, gratitude or any other reason other than because we love, then our good...
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Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Meet together Everyday Not just once a week
Some churches have too many activities. Others don't have enough. I think however that for some people having a church meeting everyday would be great. Don't have music. Just have a brief message, prayer and a time for sharing. Break up into small groups if the group is larger than twelve. Focus on...
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Sunday, April 2, 2006
Just for today, I can deal with it.
I'm home from church I was too tired and sick to go. I don't want anyone to get what I have--a rather bad form of stomach flu. I started getting sick on Wednesday and by Friday, I was throwing up with a fever. The medication had very little to do with my condition. It was just coincidence. Now I'm...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
A Cob Church
Our Church rents out space to another congregation, which wants to buy property from our church to build our own church. Our congregation is small and not growing in numbers. We have a large lot which in undeveloped. I propose that we build a cob church. This would be cheap to build. The basic...
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Do I have a problem or am I the problem?
I have ADD, bipolar, fibromyalgia, a nameless bloodclotting disorder and obesity. The symptoms are that I am too fat for my height and build, my moods change frequently from too high to too low, I can't sleep regular hours, I have tons of energy, I am absent minded, can't keep focused, get lost...
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Monday, March 27, 2006
Quickly going mad
Yesterday, I cried about everything. Today, I'm all right but, I haven't got a thing done and I can't focus. I've been trying to create a website but I don't know how to use the tools on that the webhost provides. I can't load anything with a mac. I went to lunch and the party who was supposed to...
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Saturday, March 25, 2006
Broken Shells
At the writer's conference, I met a lovely woman who didn't think she wanted to be a writer. However, she said the most profound thing I heard all weekend. She went collecting shells for her children, who hadn't wanted her to leave them. She had a hard time finding any unbroken ones. Then she...
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Monday, March 20, 2006
I'm not okay, but that's okay.
I went to a writer's conference this weekend. It brought up some old feelings. I find it very hard to spend much time in close quarters with evangelical Christians. They don't do feelings very well. I have too many of them. When I spend a weekend with them, I feel less than and not a part of. It's...
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Sunday, February 26, 2006
My sermon for tomorrow
John 18 Peter's First Denial 15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
When it gets personal
There is a member of my house who has become very difficult to live with. He does the minimal and expects the maximum. He never comes home before eleven except for his nights to cook and when he is sick. Whenever he is confronted with anything he gets mad. Then he turns around and makes huge...
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