As the creek dried up each summer the remaining pools of water offered a peculiar olfactory experience. Stagnant water stinks, my friend. Angel Fork Angel Fork (aka Little Browns Creek) added much flavor to my childhood. We called her “The Creek”, and invested many hours discovering her treasures. Turtles, crawdads, lizards, minnows and the occasional […]
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Year: 2019
Memorizing Scripture
I recently posted an article called Scripture Memorization for Busy People which offers some of the practical benefits of memorizing Scripture. Included are links to the verse cards I created for use in my Bible memorization. Sometimes dabbling is OK for example if I wanted to try my hand at painting or possibly woodcarving. My […]
David Shot First
David shot first. It’s a recorded fact. Imagine a mere youth walking onto the battlefield alone while scores of experienced and outfitted soldiers waited behind to see the outcome. For forty days morning and evening, Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, stood in the space between the armies of Israel and Philistia taunting his opponents. […]
The Great Omission
If you’ve invested time in the pew of an evangelical church you’ve heard sermons from the darling Bible passage of the group, Matthew 28:19-20, called the Great Commission. The King James Version (KJV) of Scripture offers 31,102 verses, but these two, along with their sister verse in Acts 1:8 are seemingly elevated above the other […]
We Forgot to Pray
When our schedules overload what practices of our faith are we most likely to set aside? And then a toddler reminds us, “We forgot to pray!” I’ll confess there are mornings where my quiet time with God gets deleted. Perhaps I slept late —the blankets were at just the right temperature and the pillows resisted […]