Monthly Archives: December 2008

No Crystal Ball, No Wayback Machine

December 31st, 2008

I remember Monday, April 7, 2008. I walked down to the creek beside our home and sat on the bridge. It was easy to pray on such a beautiful day. The cerulean sky erupted in white, pierced by the rays of an energetic sun, while a casual cloud or two drifted by, oblivious and serene. [...]

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Posted in Announcements • Benevolence • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Community • Dying to Self • Faith • Godly Character • Humility • Joy • Maturity • Obedience • Perseverance • Prayerfulness • Relevance • Spiritual Warfare

Tagged Crystal Ball, Disease, Dread, Dust, Faith, Fear, Frailty, God's Faithfulness, Hope, Illness, Trust, Uncertainty, Wayback Machine

The Long, Dark Eternity of One Soul

December 29th, 2008

I met Douglas Adams at my first MacWorld in 1997. I was manning the technology demonstration booth for Apple when he popped his head in to ask me a question. It took all of a split second to know who he was just by sight. After all, he was my favorite author. No set of [...]

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Posted in Apologetics • Boldness • Church Issues • Evangelism • Godly Character • Love • Maturity • Oddities

Tagged Adams, Atheism, Atheist, Christian Testimony, Disciplemaking, Discipleship, Douglas Adams, Evangelism, Lost, Richard Dawkins, Testimony

Frailty, Thy Name Is Christmas

December 26th, 2008

Norovirus. That’s what the formal name for the bug. For us and our extended family at Christmas, norovirus swept through the ranks and reduced “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” to a lot of toilet-hugging. I can’t remember the last time I got a stomach bug, maybe a decade or more, but I, and [...]

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Posted in Jesus Christ

Tagged Brotherhood, Frailty, Identification, Illness, Incarnation, Sickness