Category: Christianity

The Good Shepherd From fear of the wolf and the lion, The Good Shepherd frees. Into pastures of joy and plenty, The Good Shepherd leads. From the pain of loneliness, The Good Shepherd consoles. Into everlasting love and joy, The…

Many people think of fasting as an exercise in healthy living or physical restoration. While those are true and indeed useful, I believe they are the side-effects, not the real purpose of biblical fasting. There are two biblical examples I…

When you mention the word fasting the first thing that usually comes to mind is absence of food, but fasting can literally be from anything, including by way of example: Televisions Movies Video games Reading Blogging Work Entertainment in general…

Sometimes when you read something someone else has written, something they say or a quote they use, it sparks a line of thought. I just ran across my comments to Dr. Mike, over at Eternal Perspectives on a post he…

This is a little belated—several things have intervened—but I did finish the first book in my fictional Lawgiver Chronicles series on the life of Moses. It is titled Beginnings, and takes place over one 24 hour period, the day Moses…

Peggy Noonan had an interesting column this week. I almost didn’t finish it, but I am glad I did. She was commenting on the uproar over Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s various statements and said: He seems like a bright man, warm,…

I have been working on my book, trying to finish the first novel in my Moses series. Between that and work, there hasn’t been a lot of time left for other things. One thing did imping itself. Sunday evening my…

The last few weeks I have settled into writing on this blog only on Sundays. The reason is I am spending my free moments writing and finishing my book instead. I have been working in fits and starts on the…

Larry Norman, a pioneer Christian rock musician, died on Sunday from a long-standing heart condition. God rest your soul, Larry. I grew up in the faith with Larry Norman. When I first came to Christ, the local Christian FM station…

Today is day one of my 2008 Lenten observance. For several years I have recorded my daily Lenten observations on this blog, partly as a Lenten discipline, but mostly to share my thoughts with others going through the same exercise….