The Church Of Baal

 William  April 22, 2005  3 Comments on The Church Of Baal

I have always liked Eugene Peterson. I have met him once, back when he was still at Bel Air Presbyterian church, north of Baltimore, Maryland. One of my best friends and the best man at my wedding went to seminary…

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God’s Serendipity

 William  April 22, 2005  6 Comments on God’s Serendipity

In trying to find out what happened to Tolleblogge (if anyone knows, please let me know), I stumbled across a website in India, Joy of Blogging (Born Again India), by Joy Doddigarla. He appears to be going through a difficult…

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Rimdims #4 “The Pope is Catholic”

 William  April 21, 2005

In a satirical look at the secular world’s reaction to the election of Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope of the Catholic Church, Blimpish puts together a parody of a leading leftest liberal newspaper. Note: Some elements might be offensive to some…

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Theological Thursdays: Knowing God: Majesty

 William  April 21, 2005  1 Comment on Theological Thursdays: Knowing God: Majesty

If you are new to this study you can find all of the previous lessons using the Knowing God category link. There are also study materials for the book available at william.meisheid.com. Last week we began examining the attributes of…

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Reminiscing The Past: Nexus Points

 William  April 20, 2005

I have decided to post some of my past writings; those I think are relevant to recent events, exposing them to my current audience. One of the joys, but also the problem with blogs is their immediacy. As a result…

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The Will Of God

 William  April 19, 2005  3 Comments on The Will Of God

Sometimes when you are reading or browsing or even listening, a sentence comes along that strikes a cord in your heart and mind and sends you scurrying down various rabbit trails of thought in search of an answer to the…

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Rest, A Gift Beyond Compare

 William  April 18, 2005

Thank you to all those who prayed for me while I was working (and generally not sleeping) to get this last large index out the door (950+ page book). I just successfully emailed the project to the book packager after…

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A True Man

 William  April 16, 2005  1 Comment on A True Man

Vox Day has asked his readers what do they think makes up a true man. After giving it some thought, here was my contribution. You are a man when you can be a true son to your father and a…

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In Need We Are, Yes Indeed

 William  April 16, 2005

All of us have times of need, times that are a bit overwhelming. Some are physical or health related. Some are emotionally or socially significant. Many are spiritual, and then some are work related. That is me today through Monday…

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Wrongheaded Humility

 William  April 15, 2005  4 Comments on Wrongheaded Humility

G.k. Chesterton, in his seminal book Orthodoxy, wrote: What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled on the organ of conviction; where it was never meant…

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