I have trouble with prayer a lot of times. Especially when I call it prayer. I very much enjoy a steady dialogue with God throughout my day, but when it comes to “praying for someone” or even just asking for myself… I’m still not certain how best to do that. See, it seems to me…
Tag: Jesus
When Jesus Is Powerless?
I was reminded of a time from the book of Mark where the Bible says Jesus was not able to perform miracles, and could only heal “a few people”. When I first heard that again, it struck me as quite odd. Here is the Creator of all that is, and he is actually limited by…
Our Only Rule Book
Inspired by recent readings, hearings and various thinkings floating through GregsHead, I have thought again about our push for being right. For knowing the truth and letting others “have it”. I read a column this morning by a local radio talk show guy who was certainly convinced that he had the “right” answer for what…
God Can Throw You Into Hill
Following our morning Bible reading time the other day, Jen was eating breakfast with the kids – may have been also reading a book to them – when Alex interrupts to inform her that, “God can throw people into Hill.” She was probably a bit curious as to where that originated… :-) Earlier that morning,…
Damage Control
I have been refraining from any comment on the events that transpired at Virginia Tech last week. I did post the one e-mail we received from our friend at VT. I thought it was a good “different” perspective on what happened. There was no need to rehash the events “news-style” here. It just felt over-done…
I Guess I’m Emergent?
Not too sure about the results here, but saw this on Chris’ blog and thought I’d take a crack at it. Last time I was Seventh Day Adventist, which was awesome. :-) You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect…
Three In One
This morning the boys were in my office to read the Bible, and we got talking about one particular line we read. Soon after this, Jesus was going through towns and villages, telling the good news about God’s kingdom. Luke 8:1 So many times we take the good news out of the “good news”! I…
The "Word Of God"?
The last two podcasts from The God Journey have been on the topic of Scripture. Good stuff. A few moments that might have challenged me before, but I have been thinking about what the “Word of God” is recently as well. We read through John not too long ago, and everytime you read that phrase…
Judging You, Judging Me?
The other day as we were reading through the book of Luke, the boys and I heard Jesus say, “Don’t judge other people and God won’t judge you.” I stopped when I said that and said to the boys, “That’s crazy! What does Jesus mean by that? Does he really mean if we just don’t…
March Madness Advice?
I’ve never seen the Colbert Report, but I came across this video on the web today and with the tournament getting started today… thought it was worth posting here. It’s hilarious! Not sure you can bank on these picks, but it’s worth the watch. :-) “If he can carry someone in the sand, he can…