The sacrificial leaf…

“Take an airboat ride through the everglades”…bucket list #27…check. I took a tour of the everglades and mangrove forests this week on an airboat. On the tour the boat captain stopped to let us get up close and personal to a mangrove tree (and an alligator, but thats a different post). As it turns out, […]

God Save King Obama

(WARNING: you will be disappointed if you think this blog has anything to do with partisan politics) I have been texting, tweeting, and chatting with someone named SubconsciousGathering online at Need Him for the past few days about all matters of spirituality.  He claimed to be a believer who became enlightened and left the church to […]

10 Things I learned this semester…

1. We are all theologians.  Give it a try.  Even atheists have their theology. 2. Just keep listening, and be patient. Doctrine evolves. 3. There is a difference between the inspiration of Scripture and the inspiration of an author. 4. Inerrancy, authority, sufficiency and canonicity all first rest on the shoulders of inspiration.  If Scripture […]

Ive cut, i drink, and i do drugs

  Emma has a boyfriend, Trevor. Emma has her trust in Christ and follows Him as her Lord.  Trevor doesn’t. Emma suggested that Trevor chat with us.  Maybe she had just run out of things to say or feared the rejection. Trevor logged in and chatted with one of our volunteers, Peter.  What Trevor didn’t […]

Puritan Prayer for 2012

Oh Lord, Longer days do not profit us except those that are spent in Your presence, in Your service, and to Your glory. Lord this year give us a grace that proceeds, follows, guides, sustains, sanctifies, and aides us every hour so that we are never apart from You. Lord this year guide us to […]

Because I knew (you)…

Up late tonight.  Reflecting.  Flipping back through my blog, my prayer journal, and my calendar.  Remembering people, places, events.  Some minor.  Some life changing.  Some journeys started, some ended.  Some lessons learned, steps taken, apologies offered, and reconciliations made.  Far too many still pending.  Some new friends found, others lost.  But everything was part of […]