Midweek Beauty Break & Morning Fog

MorningFog, originally uploaded by wrachele.

Janet Weiss - Louise - Bull Durham’s Jesus

Actress Susan Sarandon recently spoke about the Jesus that she knows. It appears from here statements regarding the divinity of all humankind that she perceives, that this Jesus was just another guy like you and me, divine but also an activist. Forgive my naivete, but isn’t an activist one who protests and campaigns to achieve [...]

Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings   Amen brother Les…

Thanksgiving Five

It is part and parcel of our nature to find ourselves wallowing in the problems we face and the struggles that confront us. Just as Jesus promised, we have more than enough trouble to go around in this world. And yet, we are to be people of thanks for we have received the greatest gift [...]

Thanksgiving Four

In our little corner of the world, we awoke to the first meaningful snowfall of the season with three or four inches blanketing the grass that I just cut a few days ago. There is an interesting anomaly that occurs when it snows at night; the normally pitch dark early hours of the morning are [...]

Midweek Beauty Break OldGrowth

OldGrowth, originally uploaded by wrachele.

The Narrow Theological View of Red-Letter Christians

Dr. Stackhouse has penned this reasoned opinion on the new RLC movement fronted by Bro’s Campolo, Wallis, etc. While the idea of directly applying the words of the Lord appears to create a sound foundation, God’s revelation provides a much wider perspective that Christians must consider. Read it here “Red-Letter Christians”: A Bad Idea with [...]

Thanksgiving Three

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me,
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.

Only the most calloused heart can hear these words sung to those familiar chords and not be thankful for the Hand that extends the grace necessary to pluck the sinking from the waves [...]

Thanksgiving Two

3 A.M. is a lonely hour. There is little to sway your thoughts as you peer into the darkness outside to try to determine what that howling wind is doing to the trees in the neighborhood. You look over and notice that the lights are on in a neighbor’s house and you wonder what they [...]

Thanksgiving One

As the week counts down toward the day of our feast, it is a good period in which to reflect on the multitude of things for which we are or can be thankful. This quiet reflection can be a counterpoint to the ever-deafening roar of THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON!!! It seems as though all eyes [...]