Beyond The Rim…

Today is Saturday and the first weekend in Lent is here. During Lent the weekend is split, with Saturday still being part of Lent, while Sunday is technically a day off from your Lenten observance. Earlier in the Church, Sunday…

Today has been a tiring day. Yesterday I worked hard all day in the fields and then had to prepare supper before I could even take a moments rest. Even then I knew I had just done my duty, so…

In some ways I feel I have the best of all Christian worlds. I grew up Catholic, was encouraged in my conversion by a Southern Baptist lady, and passed through the Quakers and Pentecostals before settling for 27 years in…

Over the years most Christian symbolism and the two most important feast days have been twisted by the secular world to its own ends and commercialized. Everyone wears crosses; some are even bling, excessively gaudy baubles reduced to talismans, devoid…

Lent begins tomorrow. Last year I did a daily devotional as part of my Lenten observance. I will endeavor to do the same this year, both as spiritual exercise, but also as an attempt to get myself writing again on…

Is there an undercurrent of prophetic expectation out there awaiting an imminent move of God, a new awakening, a world-wide awakening? I have been hearing rumors, soft expectations, and now open discussions of the possibility. Is anyone else hearing anything…

Work has been heavy and writing and thinking about writing all day makes it difficult to write some more when I come home at night or get up in the morning. However, there has been an interesting side effect of…

It appears to my jaundiced eye that way too many young Christian men are in reality a Christianized versions of Peter Pan, telling themselves they are fighting the good fight (in this case for God and against the Devil—rather than…

One thing a Christian learns about life is that it is marked by changes. You start out with the great change from death to life, which includes (for most converts) a radical change in the way you live your life….

I lost my laptop hard drive and was down while my machine was repaired. That and recovering my data has been an interesting odyssey, but I am now back online and will be posting something this weekend. Thanks to all…