Category Archives: What I Am Writing This Week
The Spiritual Discipline of Work
On my office wall hangs a picture of a picture. One the left hand side is a group of men leaning toward the figure on the right. The figure on the right is President John F Kennedy. The group on … Continue reading
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I, Jim Kane, do hereby “resolve” to make some changes…so help me God.
What is New Year’s without resolutions? It’s like a treeless Christmas or a resurrection-less Easter. But I am not making any resolutions this year. But I am going to be making some changes. Changes that I am first endeavoring to … Continue reading
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Saying “Hello,” Saying “Goodbye.”
It has been an interesting day in the ‘social media’ world. A former follower literally said, ‘goodbye’ to me and several others persons in a tweet today. Never had that happen before. I had unfollowed him sometime back not because … Continue reading
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For what did the baby in the manger come?
What I am writing this week, December 8, 2010 Jesus did not come as the babe in the manger to give us more power or status or wealth. He came to change us. He came to change us at a … Continue reading
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Season, Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
Have grown up and lived in an evangelical protestant environment all my life, I have recently found Ecclesiastes 3:1 to be a challenge to my assumptions about the Christian life and faith. “There’s an opportune time to do things, a … Continue reading
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Reflections on the Voting Booth
The first time I voted was in the Presidential election of 1976. The candidates were the unelected “incumbent” Gerald Ford and the newcomer/”outsider” Jimmy Carter. It was the first Presidential contest since Richard Nixon’s re-election in 1972 and his resignation … Continue reading
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What is your loaf of bread?
Jesus asked, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “Seven, and a few small fish.” Matthew 15:34 (NLT) A friend on Twitter tweeted the above verse a few moments ago. When she did, I saw something in … Continue reading
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God As Investor
What I am writing this week: October 7, 2010 “God has invested in the human race in two ways: through the creation of said race and through the redemption of it by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It … Continue reading
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Final Finishers
I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. 2 Timothy 4:7 (NLT) For the past 6 or so weeks my wife and I have driven around Northern Indiana to watch our two … Continue reading
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Random thoughts about prayer
What I am writing this week: September 29, 2010 For about the last week I have been thinking about communication and prayer and marriage and relationships and the whole dynamic between people and people and people and the Divine (i.e … Continue reading
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