Wednesday, April 6, 2005
How much am I worth?
Figuring out a person's financial worth is a matter of figuring out how much money he has and then calculating how much he will earn. Of course this figure is not entirely accurate since things can happen. Banks which loan money based on financial worth also insist that the borrower on a long term...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Good news and bad news
The bad news for our family is that Kelly is in the hospital. The absolutely wonderful news is that Leanna my oldest granddaughter is now officially a member of our family. Her adoption was granted yesterday afternoon at 1:30 PM. Could anything be better than that. So although troubles come, so do...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Getting authorized
My quest to become ordained ended when Kelly got sick. There are things I cannot do without ordination. I cannot become a chaplain and I cannot get funding from Christian sources for any ministry I would happen to develop. I've considered talking with the Friend's pastor and ask him if they would...
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
Who Didn't Jesus Come to Save
If you examine the gospels carefully you will see that Jesus spoke to different groups of people in different ways. To those who needed healing, he healed all of them and didn't turn anyone away. But he spoke differently to the religious people. To them, he told them that they were dangerous and...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Reading the Bible
My husband often reads the Bible to me just before we go to bed. I'm beading so I just listen. What intrigues me about the Bible is how it rings true. For example, Moses sends twelve men to the promised land to check it out. Ten men come back and say that its a wonderful land but full of fierce...
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Sunday, March 20, 2005
Prosper and Be In Good Health
That is the gospel of the charismatic and pentecostal churches. The problem with this gospel is that ignores a great deal of scripture. The apostle Paul suffered all sorts of hardship, both illness and poverty. Timothy wasn't told to pray about his stomach problem but to drink a little wine....
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Thursday, March 17, 2005
Spirituality is what?
We throw around the word spiritual as if it includes everything. We have images of walking through cathedral forests and standing on top of the mountain. We see monk in long robes chanting the same word over and over again. All these things can be spiritual. But there is a genuine spirituality and...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
Compromise is not a dirty word.
Since religion speaks in terms of absolutes, compromise seems like a dirty word. But there is a difference between compromise of your beliefs and morality and political compromise. Compromise is the root of peacemaking. It doesn't mean that I am wrong and you are right or vice versa. It simply...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Why religion is political
Religion is political because both religon and politics are part of our world view. There is more in our worldview than politics or religion, but we'd like to believe that our politics and religon are a pattern for the rest of our lives. But it often doesn't really. In Bellevue, the pastor of a...
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Monday, March 7, 2005
Where is God
when my daughter is afraid. He's right there, but she is so afraid she doesn't sense his presence. Fear is such a common human emotion that everyone expects to be afraid in all kinds of situations. The reality is, that God is here and when he is here we do not need to be afraid. But what about...
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