The Message of A Man

Acts 9:13-16
Description – A communion meditation for Sunday, November 6, 2005
One of my favorite stories (and I am not sure that I have shared it before, and if I have, please bear with me) comes from Keith Miller in his men’s devotional book, A Habitation of Dragons. It is the story of a well-to-do attorney [...]

12 Steps to God’s Way of Living – Part 2

Luke 15:11-32
Description – Part 2 of a 6 part series on the 12 Steps as a Spiritual Discipline
When I was a kid, and I do not remember how old I was but I was still in grade school, I ran away from home. I ‘ran away’ to a former neighbor’s home that had moved one [...]

12 Steps to God’s Way of Living – Part 4

Luke 18:9-13
Description – Part 4 of a 6 part series on the 12 Steps as a Spiritual Discipline
It was either the spring of 1968 or 1969 because at the time my mom was teaching kindergarten at a church about a half-mile from our home for two years before it went into our public school system [...]

12 Steps to God’s Way of Living – Part 5

(Slide 1) Last week was the Super Bowl and those who love the color of black and gold are rejoicing because their beloved Steelers are the champions!
The half-time show was tame, (at least by Rolling Stones standards,) and I never thought I would see 60-year-old men rumble up and down a stage as [...]

The Obedience of Love, The Love of Obedience

Scripture Passage- I Corinthians 13:1-13
Description – Fourth sermon in the summer 2006 Series, “Being God’s People by Serving, Obeying, and Giving.”
What is love? Love has always been a big topic of discussion between us humans. Much is said about love and much is written about love.
However, it seems to me that we have never been [...]

Judas, A Misguided Heart for God

Scripture Passage- Luke 22: 1-6
Description – The second of series on ‘Developing a Heart for God’
(1) In the introduction to his book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of the ‘statue that did not look right.’ An art dealer who had a very rare statue, called a kouros, in his possession that came from the [...]

My Geek Revealed…

aka ‘Books that have influenced… no shaped… my thinking’
Richard Darrell, in an article “What Type of Creative Geek are You?” that appeared at Minervty.com on 30 March 2009, listed fifty-six types of geeks. As I went down the posting of very creative pictures of said geeks, my eyes landed on the book geek.
Yes, I am [...]

A Halfway Reflection on my Social Media Sabbatical

Today, I am halfway through my “social media sabbatical” that I began at the end of June. This sabbatical consists of not tweeting on Twitter; or posting or responding to messages on Facebook. (I admit to logging on to Facebook for a couple of e-mail address cross checks.)
It has not been as hard as I [...]