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"PASTOR FOR THE DAY" FOR JUNE, 2007 - Monday, July 23rd 2007 8:49 AM
For several years now I have had the privilege to be the "Pastor for the Day" on the Mars Hill (Radio) Network. On the fourth Monday of each monthy, the network airs a brief...
PACK RATS DON'T MOVE WELL - Saturday, July 21st 2007 9:46 PM
Two more Sundays to enjoy the honor of the high and holy office and title of pastor. I am struggling with the many details to be done in order to finish gracefully. We are all...
SO WHERE WAS I? - Wednesday, July 18th 2007 9:44 PM
When I was last here, on July 14, my wife's 19th Spiritual birthday [by the way], I was trying to capture some of my thoughts as the reality of what is to shortly come sets...
REALITY IS SETTING IN [interrupted] - Saturday, July 14th 2007 9:33 PM
The reality that, as of the last day of the current month, I will no longer be the pastor of Colosse, nor will I be a pastor of any church or flock or ministry, is beginning to...
MOMENTS OF MY LIFE COLORED BY SPORTS - Thursday, July 12th 2007 10:49 AM
I had originally planned to compose this entry back in February, the 5th to be precise, hard on the heels of this year's Super Bowl. But wouldn't you know that would be also be...
RENAMING MY CHURCH - Monday, July 9th 2007 4:59 PM
Well, not exactly. One thing I'm going to miss about being at Colosse is that this is most definitely a rural church. Oh, the modern conveniences of life abound, and while...
GOT ENCOURAGEMENT? - Saturday, July 7th 2007 9:43 AM
Wow... I've basically gone a whole week without making an entry. I like to try to make at least 2 or 3 entries a week. But this was a weird week. At my secular job I was...
SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME -- SUM, SOME, SUMMER TIME - Tuesday, July 3rd 2007 8:10 PM
We have firmly settled into Summer. I know this because of the calendar. Not so much because of the date of the solstice, but because my birthday has once again come and gone....
WHAT'S HAPPENING - Friday, June 29th 2007 3:37 PM
I thought I would update you all, my faithful e-friends, on what's been happening in my life as of late. Here is a rough transcript of the service and my sermon from this last...
"PASTOR FOR THE DAY" FOR JUNE, 2006 - Monday, June 25th 2007 11:03 AM
For several years now I have had the privilege to be the "Pastor for the Day" on the Mars Hill (Radio) Network. On the fourth Monday of each monthy, the network airs a brief...
WELL, WELL, WELL, YOU CAN NEVER TELL - Saturday, June 23rd 2007 9:20 PM
This week our phone line developed a "click." It made it very difficult to simply talk on the phone, harder still to make any call where an automated system is used, and nigh on...
BOLDNESS - Tuesday, June 19th 2007 11:38 AM
Biblically speaking the quality of boldness is often thought of as "holy boldness" or the Spiritual courage to do what God is calling you to do, when He calls. Many times in...
OOPSIE - Sunday, June 17th 2007 5:38 PM
I was just checking email and found I had to approve a journal comment when I noticed I forgot to insert the web site for STOPP in my last entry below! Oops! So without...
MORE BAD NEWS FOR BABIES - Saturday, June 16th 2007 1:09 PM
Randy Hall, on CNSNews.com ["Culture" column] recently reported on Planned Parenthood's finances. Fees collected from their offices are down. Contributions are down. But...
CAN WE TALK? - Thursday, June 14th 2007 11:17 PM
I haven't always been saved, and in my unsaved days I used to enjoy a lot of things I don't find quite so appealing today. A lot of what passes for comedy falls into that...
DO WE KNOW WE ARE DEAD WHEN WE DIE? - Monday, June 11th 2007 1:41 PM
I believe so, for several reasons. First, human beings are material beings -- that's our physical bodies -- but the real "us" is the immaterial portion which animates that...
NOTICE - Thursday, June 7th 2007 4:26 AM
It appears we will have to put down our dog. I am devastated. Words fail, comforts flee. I do not know when I will make another journal entry. I am simply making this one...
PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER FOR D-DAY - Wednesday, June 6th 2007 2:36 PM
I am making a rare exception to my "policy" of not making entries on Sundays or Wednesdays since today is the anniversary of D-Day. On June 5, Pres. Roosevelt had announced to...
GLOBAL WARMING? - Tuesday, June 5th 2007 1:45 PM
Arv Edgeworth runs Truth and Science Ministries. He's a born again believer who is committed to a literal interpretation of the Bible, as well as being a young earth creationist...
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE - Saturday, June 2nd 2007 11:56 PM
Is it June already? Sort of hard to believe. Time does seem to just fly by. I am very glad the mountains of snow from February are gone, of course, but I had that experience the...
ALL WE'RE LEFT WITH IS BOOKS? - Thursday, May 31st 2007 11:59 PM
Some time ago in an online forum I am very active in, one of the other members posed an interesting scenario. He is a local government Systems Administrator and has been in the...
"PASTOR FOR THE DAY" FOR MAY, 2006 - Monday, May 28th 2007 10:10 AM
For several years now I have had the privilege to be the "Pastor for the Day" on the Mars Hill (Radio) Network. On the fourth Monday of each monthy, the network airs a brief...
I'M AFRAID WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS - Saturday, May 26th 2007 10:29 AM
How time flies. I didn't imagine I would only be able to do two entries this week, but that's how it goes sometimes. But having to take a little bit of time away from my normal...
A QUESTION ABOUT CHURCH - Monday, May 21st 2007 10:19 AM
A few weeks ago I was asked the following question:-----A person hurt by a church, leaves and does all outreach ministry at nursing homes and believes this is the church God...
THE SIN OF LUST - Saturday, May 19th 2007 10:02 PM
About a month ago I was asked to respond to the following question : I know lust a sin. I personally believe  masturbation is a sin and etc... But some has been addicted...