Tag: Christian Living

  • Nobody Knew His Secret Ambition

    Blogger Beth Alison, from Lessons from a Lab, shared a post yesterday about the Christian’s new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Christ from the dead. A Moment with Our Creator: 1 Peter 1:3 closes with Beth’s request for her readers to share their favorite Easter song. Musically, Easter brings to mind…

  • Safe Prayers are Dangerous

    With thanks to God and Gary Fultz.

  • A Tale Of Two Churches

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…

  • It’s Time to Sing?

    It’s Time to Sing?

    Early one crisp morning I stepped out on the back porch, coffee mug in hand. It was late February, and there was still snow on the ground. And that’s when I heard it: bird song! A male cardinal sat in our leafless butterfly bush singing his heart out–at 36 degrees Fahrenheit! “How do you know…

  • When Little is Much

    When Little is Much

    Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. Proverbs 15:16 (NIV) I had a friend in grad school who came from a rather wealthy family. I’ll call him Howard, because, to middle class me, he may as well have been Howard Hughes. His parents had a cabin in the…

  • Andy’s Coming!

    The third grader’s lined up in the hallway outside my classroom like always. Their teacher turned to leave, but then quickly spun around and said, “Andy’s coming!” Instantly, the whole class fell to the floor like a bunch of rag dolls. What in the world?! Then it dawned on me: they were acting out a…