I asked myself a question today… when did prayer become a thing that I used? By used I mean when it went from a conversation with God to a thing that I had to have a reason to talk to Him about. I talk to my friends for no real reason, pretty much just because [...]
I was recently blessed by praying with my daughter. I often do not enjoy praying in groups because I feel we (including myself) tend to pray about things that we think will make others feel better or we will simply change our words to a more flowery version so others will not think we are [...]
My daughter works as a server at a nice restaurant in our city. This leads to some good stories and I quite enjoy them.
She came home after work one day and relayed a story about how some Christians had left a tract on the table for their server. They had put his name on the [...]
I am reading a book that I have mentioned before (God on Mute) and below you will read and excerpt that I thought was meaningful. A pastor’s son was diagnosed with a disease which would not allow the son to live to be an adult. The pastor is talking about the changes in his life [...]
I was reading a book named “God on Mute” and I came across a realization to myself. I am the king of saying “I got it” when asked if I need help. It has become an almost instant reaction.
I don’t need help with much and when I do I still use those three words to [...]
A thought crossed my mind the other day after hearing someone talk about divorce statistics and other such depressing things. Who is this someone else that seems to be a large cause of love failing in our lives?
Someone else is simply someone else. Someone else is the person we choose to give our love to [...]
My father died at a young age and as you read in my previous blog it was a difficult time. You would have thought that things had pretty much hit rock bottom. Not so.
During the following year I began to misbehave and with a family of eight that was pretty much the only way to [...]
Warning… Blogging about suicide.
When I was nine I sat on the end of my mother’s bed. I had a rifle that belonged to my dad and it was in my mouth. I had seen him hunt enough to know the procedures for loading and how to shoot. My father died of cancer earlier that year [...]
I was having a conversation the other day with my wife. As I previously wrote in my “Lost in action” post I have had a tough time in my life in regards to my past with sexual addiction.
The conversation ran along those lines. My wife and I were talking about her experiences in talking with [...]
Commentaries…
I am starting a study in Romans and there are some notes in the front about how to participate in the study. There is pretty strong wording against using commentaries in the study and a large reliance on letting God reveal scripture to you.
I was flabbergast. No commentaries? I think I am almost worried about [...]