Read about Wisdom from my Spiritual Directors. It seems that ,most of my adult life I have either been in therapy or had a monthly visit with a spiritual director. They all have been good listeners and on occasion offered good advice and/or bits of wisdom. One of my long running challenges was my […]
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There is much to be learned in Boy Scouts. One of the most important is Scouting Wosdom. Read on to see what I learned. I hope you find it useful . On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To
This is a post about Moses and the Burning Bush. The climax of the story of Moses comes in Exodus, chapter 3 on the mountain of God when he sees the burning bush and hears the voice of God. Everything that comes before is pointing to the event. Everything that comes after flows from this
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination
This is a meditation on the story of Zacchaeus. The “Little man”, “Short man”, or Napoleon Complex, is an unscientific observation. Yet common enough in popular culture to be observed by many. It refers to men who are somewhat less than 5’9” who seem by others to try harder to compensate for their short statue.
http://Godspeacefulsmithy.com This is a meditation about Jonah. Another of my favorite Old Testament stories is about the prophet Jonah. Some might find it difficult to swallow, (pun intended). When it comes to genre, this story is pure Farce! From start to finish it is extreme exaggeration. Nineveh is the worst of cities. Jonah is the
The Story of Cain and Able has fascinated me for years. I realize many people believe all of the Bible is literally true. A more reasonable approach is to believe the Bible provides us with truth with many different kinds of writing. The fancy seminary word for this is “genre.” The Bible does have some
The Story of David and Goliath is one of everyone’s favorite. I Samuel Chapter 17 contains the exciting account of David’s battle with the Philistine Giant Goliath. While some of the more fantastic stories of the Bible calls us to stretch our imagination and/or our credibility, the events described in the story of David and
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Introduction Christian Sacrifice is not a word we hear much these days. Mores the pity. Instead, we seem to be in a world consumed with Narcissism. We insist the world adjust itself to us and become angry at our neighbors when it doesn’t. If we are Christians we might want to give the idea of
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This is a post about. Am I my brother’s keeper: Looking at the Christian attitude towards others. In my mind I keep a collection of quasi doctrine of a generalized cultural Christianity. What these ideas have in common is they are wrong. Top of the list is the familiar saying: God helps those who help
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