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Our guest speaker this past Sunday made the point that we shouldn’t settle for the comfortable, smooth Christian life that won’t rock the boat. From the gospels, he reminded us of stories of faith in Jesus that placed people in incredibly awkward or unacceptable social situations just so they could be near him. My favorite [...]

It was hot today. It hit 100 degrees. It’s funny how people change when it gets that hot. In many cases, the need to have a certain look or style seems to fade. Gone are the stylish sweatshirts or skintight jeans and out come the shorts and tank tops with no regard to being hip. [...]

There is a deep joy in seeing your child smile, laugh, and have fun. I feel so little about me at that moment. The joy comes from seeing that someone you love so deeply is safe and happy. It’s at those moments that I realize with crystal clarity that I would gladly give my life [...]

God is counterintuitive. Human logic does not seem to direct His actions and decisions. The obvious choice apparently isn’t.
“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.” Matthew 16:25
Like turning into the skid or playing dead with a bear, it doesn’t make sense at [...]

During the course of normal conversation today, I heard two stories that caused me to shake my head. One was about the seeming joy felt by a man when he told his wife, after 17 years of marriage, that he was gay. They soon divorced. The person telling me this story was emphasizing how it [...]

Task scheduling is an important part of good project management. The same tasks can be scheduled in many different ways with dramatically different results. If you schedule all of the longest tasks to be done by the same person, you’ll end the project late with one burnout and a bunch of bored workers. If you [...]

Last night, I felt like I was part of a living example used to explain Scripture. That’s happened before, but this time it wasn’t as embarrassing.
We arrived at our church for a prayer service to find that the power was out. The staff had quickly gathered candles to give some light to the sanctuary and [...]

Many prayers of request from a Christian man are of the form of, “Lord, save me from this trial,” or, “Lord, defend me from this spiritual attack.” We ask God for help against the enemy and against what the world throws at us. The thing is that we have three opponents to worry about: Satan, [...]

Have you had this question posed to you? “Who made God?” It always amazed me when a non-believer is willing to suspend critical thinking for the sake of an easy excuse. The Christian believes that God is eternal and science believes that the universe is eternal. Really, eternal is eternal one way or the other [...]

Well, all you technology guys are about to take a shot from an older guy. I spent many an hour in aluminum plants in the Pacific Northwest and, brother, could they eat up the energy. But, we were told it was bad business for the country to use all of that hydro power. “Shut down [...]

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