GR8 Thoughts and Musings

“The story of your life is the story of a brutal assault on your heart by one who is afraid of what you can become in Christ”
(I can’t remember where I read this, but I wrote it down & think it’s worth sharing and remembering . . . we are in a battle!)

You know I was thinking about the concept of restitution for slavery & Lincoln’s Gettysburg address . . . I realized that America has paid the full price for slavery already in the blood of those who willingly gave their lives to topple the evil of slavery. I wish that wound would heal […]

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Here’s my comment:
This is a great topic from a unique and insightful perspective. Regarding legalism and being judgmental, I’ll refer to what God says through Paul in Romans 14, summarized in verse 4: “Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, […]

Was struck by a thought/insight I thought I’d share . . .
It all started when I drove by a local corner that is the “work” place of 4-6 homeless men & women. They have signs of various degrees of humor and seriousness asking for money.
Like most of you, I’m always wondering whether to give […]

Which is better: To aim for greatness and an exceptional life making a difference in the word and fall short of that goal or to live a mediocre / normal life and succeed . . . you define better and the other terms in this question. Very interested to hear what you have to […]

Most women I know are beautifully complicated and its fun to turn the nobs and switches until you get it just right . . . then they change what just right is LOL.
We, on the other hand, are fairly straight forward and the switch isn’t what you might think!
Reminds me to put in a plug […]

Blog entry on a new Blogger site (http://collegekidswaitingroom.blogspot.com/ ) with an interesting questions . . .
Traditions . . . Traditions, can’t you just see him dancing on the roof
I belong to a church where people often teach as doctrine the traditions of men, which Jesus condemned in Matthew 15:9. That’s when they’re distracting […]

I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend from work. I’d like to solicit your reactions and input on this topic.
She and I would probably be considered unlikely friends because, by many measures, we are very different. She is a Buddhist, a Democrat, from Minnesota who has never been married or had […]

We should spend out time loving people and be viewed as a ‘peculiar’ people who demonstrate the love of God.

Send ‘em to college and they get their hair cut short