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There’s Adultery Among Us*

Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Christ, Christianity, God, Jesus, Theology, Thoughts, faith, life, personal, prayer, prosperity, religion, spirituality on January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Our small group had a discussion about idolatry a while back.
We are studying a great book about Revelation: Discipleship on the Edge by Darrell W. Johnson. Johnson points out how the book of Revelation reflects the Biblical theme that the church is the bride of Christ. Our group discussed Johnson’s point that every time we sin, we [...]

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The Contradiction that is Christmas

Posted in Bible, Christ, Christianity, Christmas, God, Heaven, Jesus, Theology, Thoughts, faith, life, personal, prayer, prosperity, random, religion, spirituality on December 25, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Isn’t it amazing that so many people celebrate the birth of Jesus, but reject Jesus himself? How weird is that?
It struck me this morning that maybe the majority of Americans got up and opened presents to celebrate someone’s birthday. Well, they were really thinking about giving and receiving gifts. But the occasion of this [...]

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I had a Bad Day the Other Day

Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Christ, Christianity, Church, God, Jesus, Theology, Thoughts, career, faith, life, personal, prayer, prosperity, random, religion, spirituality, stress on December 10, 2007 | 5 Comments »

I felt really angry. The fact is, I usually don’t “feel” angry at God, but I was. He let me down.
It started with those Christmas letters. You know, the ones from your friends that recap all the wonderful things that happened in the past year. And this was a great year for some [...]

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Today’s Annoyance

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, God, Jesus, Thoughts, faith, life, prosperity, religion, work on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Actually, this was yesterday’s annoyance. And I have been annoyed by this before yesterday. Alot.
Here it is.
I am tired of hearing people say that the worst people to do business with are professed Christians.  I am tired of learning once more that someone has seen this ugly underbelly of the Christian faith. 
 In fact, I have seen [...]

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Today’s Annoyance

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, God, Jesus, Thoughts, faith, life, prosperity, religion, work on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Actually, this was yesterday’s annoyance. And I have been annoyed by this before yesterday. Alot.
Here it is.
I am tired of hearing people say that the worst people to do business with are professed Christians.  I am tired of learning once more that someone has seen this ugly underbelly of the Christian faith. 
 In fact, I have seen [...]

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Stressed Out

Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, life, prosperity, random, religion, spirituality, stress on November 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I am stressed out right now. Here’s what I do when I am stressed: play Spider Solitaire — the four deck version. It’s no fun unless I’m really challenged, so it’s always four decks.  Of course, how challenging can solitare be? I think there’ something really soothing about mindlessly moving ecards around the eboard. 
When my [...]

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My Pre-School Prayer-Life

Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, life, prayer, prosperity, random, religion, spirituality on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve always had a hard time praying. I’ve had long lists of friends for whom I prayed, but the praying felt repetitive, superficial, rote. I’ve fallen asleep many times while praying. I do best when praying out loud, but I rarely do that alone. I have journaled for years, but lately, that’s been spotty.
 If spiritual [...]

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I Am Arrogant (yuck)

Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, faith, life, prayer, prosperity, religion, spirituality, stress, work on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

As I drove along, I felt that sting of conviction. I realized how arrogant my very first post (My New Job) sounded. And was.
I took the attitude of the all-knowing looking down on the not-so-knowing. Ick. The truth is, apart from the eye-opening grace of the Holy Spirit, we are all blind. We don’t realize [...]

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My New Job

Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, faith, life, prayer, prosperity, random, spirituality, stress, work on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I told someone in my office I had a new job. She was very encouraging. She said, “If you visualize it; it happens.”  I emailed many supportive friends about the new job. One responded: “It’s great when God comes through.” My current boss, kindly enthusiastic about my new opportunity, told me today that “If you imagine [...]

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