Archive for November, 2007

Thanks for nothing. ?

November 30, 2007

Reflections after Thanksgiving? I guess this is a good time.
In this pretty good blog that I read, this guy was talking about having a genuine heart of gratitude. In his cynicism, he is suspicious of our genuineness when we give thanks during this holiday every year, because we’re still so focused on ourselves. [...]

When I want to quit

November 11, 2007

You know how it is, you get tired, worn out, and then somebody says something that is discouraging. So suddenly you don’t want to do what you are doing anymore.
We have friends who have 10 kids. Don’t you know there have been plenty of times they have just wanted to quit the family [...]

Temptation

November 9, 2007

Currently, my Sunday morning messages are looking at the temptation of Christ, according to Matthew. You know, you do stuff like notice how Jesus resisted temptation, and that serves as a model for how a man or woman is supposed to pull it off. Well, sometimes looking back at saints of old, we [...]