Beyond “Recreational” Christianity
Discipleship is a choice, and mostly it’s tens, scores, hundreds, and thousands of small choices, moment by moment, every single day
Moredaily inspirational/news site featuring faith-focused words from Derek Maul
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Luck, a hole-in-one, practice, and more frequent “God-Sightings”
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. 98 Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. 100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts. 101 I have kept […]
Moregolf, complete commitment, faith, and going purple
Yesterday’s post turned out to be an interesting phenomenon. Most visitors were able to read the title, see the picture of tonight’s “Presidential Debate” participants, and still understand that the post wasn’t about Republicans, or about Democrats, or partizan, but was designed to encourage all of us to think about how we engage the political process. But the […]
Moremusic, wrestling, and transformational faith
I have a lot of good stuff floating around my brain this morning. Ideas, directions, struggles, assurances, insights; thoughts about this practical, ongoing, study of faith we call “life.” I already talked about singing in church in yesterday’s blog. But then a couple of my friends sent me some good photographs and I started to […]
MoreWhen Religion is the Antithesis of Life…
This morning I’m wondering (out loud) about The Church. Not my local congregation at First Presbyterian, or even the Presbyterian denomination as a whole (although the PCUSA does play a role in this discussion), but the whole ball of wax, The Church, in all of its varied configurations. Beyond the question of The Church is […]
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