Saturday, July 11, 2015

Revival

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The concept of "revival" is a biblical, if too often wrongly franchised, one. To be revived is to be made alive. The Bible teach...

He Reigns by the Newsboys

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Despite all our (my) pretensions to the contrary, yes, He does reign, now and for all eternity. All praise to the God we know in Jesus C...

You Never Let Go by Matt Redman

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We need new Haugeans

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Parishioners over the years have heard me speak of the Haugeans. We need their ilk today. Here is an article about the painting and t...

The Blessings of Surrender

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This image for The Problem of Pain appeared on the C.S. Lewis page on Facebook yesterday. It's an incredible book, by the way. Tha...

Last Night's Sunset

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[Click to enlarge image.] The sun is actually at the bottom of the picture, taken just minutes before it sank out of view. The light...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Only Our Hearts by Paul McCartney

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Yesterday I met my daughter for dinner. Afterwards, we went to one of our favorite haunts, Half Price Books. In the CD racks I found Paul Mc...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Goodbye, Johnny Beisbol?

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Your browser does not support iframes. The trade of pitcherJohnny Cueto from my beloved Cincinnati Reds seems inevitable.  The ace...

There We Are by James Taylor

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I know that I've put this song up before, but it's so good. My favorite lines are: Here we are Like children forever Taking c...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Freed from the lie of self-sufficiency

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This photo, with its quote from Martin Luther, comes from the Facebook site, Sundries .  Christians who claim not to wrestle with this...

Sunny Skies by James Taylor

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Sunday, July 05, 2015

Only One by James Taylor

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You've Got a Friend by James Taylor

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You Can Close Your Eyes by James Taylor

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Anywhere Like Heaven by James Taylor

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The gifts of grace and weakness

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[This was shared during worship with the people and guests of Living Water Lutheran Church in Springboro, Ohio , earlier today.] 2 Corinth...
Saturday, July 04, 2015

The father of US currency should stay on US currency

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I'm in favor of putting the images of important women from our history on US currency.  But I hope that this will never be done at the...

Saturday This and That (belated-and-after-two-weeks-of-being-MIA-&-now-it's-July-4 edition)

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Some things that have caught my eye lately... Sports as spectacle... ...(Or spectacles in sports.) My buddies and I used to amuse ourselv...

Freedom of speech and freedom of religion trashed by Oregon's labor commissioner

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Remember the Oregon couple who got sued for refusing to bake a cake for a same sex wedding? The bakers in question are Christians who did ...
Friday, July 03, 2015

'Become America' by The Call

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The Call was an American rock band that came to some level of popularity at about the same time as an Irish group called U2. As I've wri...