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 first volume of my Moses series since the early 1990s. This Lent, God impressed upon…
Category: Lent ’08
My Lenten meditations for 2008.
Lent '08
Lent 2008: Fifth Sunday – Knowledge and Obedience
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I am reading a book, “The War in Heaven” by Theodore Beale. There is a theme in the book, one among many, that speaks to me, primarily because I have always loved knowledge, the knowing of things. I became an expert in my field by learning as much as I could about it. The theme…
Lent '08, Photography
Lent 2008: Day 28 – Death Comes Unexpectedly
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When I got home from work tonight, my wife told me there was a deer laying in a hallow near the old tree stump on the edge of the stream that flows through our back yard. Being a photographer I grabbed my camera and decided to try and get a few shots of the animal…
Lent '08
Lent 2008: Day 27 – I Have Fallen But Gotten Up
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Through a series of events and a lack of due diligence on my part I got behind on my postings. I apologize. God and I have been having discussion about it and yes, it is all on my shoulders. There is no one else to blame. I will resume regular postings tomorrow, but until then,…
Lent '08
Lent 2008: Day 20 – A Special Blessing
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We are at the halfway point, and I must admit it has been hard trying to keep this going. But then that is not unexpected. It is the nature of carrying around the old man. We often think to ourselves, if only I had the advantage of the Apostles, if I had been able to…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Lent '08
Lent 2008: Day 19 – I’ve Been Tagged
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Almost half of the way through Lent and I’ve been tagged by Starving Econ Grad over at Bounded Irrationality on a rather strange meme. It has been a while since I did one of these, but then Lent is the time for sacrifice… 😉 1) I’m supposed to grab the nearest book and turn to…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Christianity, Lent '08
Lent 2008: Day 18 – Larry Norman Dies
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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 played the old 40’s-50’s style ballads, when they played music at all. The AM stations…
Lent '08
Lent 2008: Day 17 – God Centered Days
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Today is Monday; not a Mama and Poppa’s Monday, but a fresh start to our week of labors. Because of my post on Saturday about Weekend Warriors, I am making a concerted effort this week to make God the primary purpose of my days, work not withstanding. I will let you know how I am…
Lent '08
Lent 2008: Third Sunday – Sunday, Sunday
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Back in the day (a euphamism for older people’s youth) the Mama’s and Poppa’s had a song, Monday, Monday. The first day of the workweek was a diffifult day, when you didn’t know where the week, or even that day would go. One stanza says: Monday, monday, can’t trust that day Monday, monday, sometimes it…
Lent '08
Lent 2008: Day 16 – Weekend Warriors
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Are you a weekend warrior? As a Christian, that would apply to those of us who put God on the back burner during the workweek and then try to get energized, mostly due to Sunday Services, on the weekend. We have settled into a pattern of living. During the week, the mundane requirements of life…