Here On Earth pt. 1
Part One
Here's a quote I dug out from a notebook I was writing in China over twenty years ago.
It was on a scrap of paper. I'm sure it's from William Law.
Remember that you are an eternal spirit, that you are for a few months
and years in a state of flesh and blood only to test whether you will be
forever happy . . .
Dos and Don'ts
We’ve been told that our Christian faith is not all about dos and don’ts.
Remember this one:
“Don’t smoke. Don’t chew. Don’t hang around with those who do.”
How about:
“Don’t gamble. Don’t ramble. Don’t leave your room all a shamble.”
(Actually, that one I just made up.)
Seems sometimes that . . .
It's Today, Let's Believe
It’s today, Let’s Believe!
Let’s read the Gospel as though we never heard of it before.
Let’s take the words we read to mean just what they say.
Let’s take for granted God knows how to communicate clearly to us. That He knows that we are capable of believing and simply expects us to do so.
Let’s ask the . . .
Freedom, Whatever!
So Many Parallels
My son, Jesse, is an avid gym (workout) enthusiast. He wanted me to make choices to get up and go to the gym. I said that I didn’t think the timing was right. That led to some discussion about the definition and nature of freedom.
In the 60s and 70s a spirit of rebellion swept through the United States. This embraced a definition of . . .
Higher Education
Beyond the Ken of Mere Men
Jesus restrained His disciples to wait for the Holy Spirit to lead and empower them to bear Him witness and appropriately declare His Kingdom. Without His Spirit, He knew they would simply apply what they'd learned from their natural abilities and would fail. They would imitate the forms and principles and employ words and methods within . . .
Emotions, Behave
Instruments of Adventure
What time I am afraid, I will sing of Your light and salvation and magnify Your love.
In sorrow, I will declare Your goodness.
When happy, I will lift up shouts of praise.
Troubled and anxious, I will speak of Your faithfulness and the certainty of Your presence.
In weakness, my tongue will proclaim Your . . .
