Blog Journal

The last blog posted, I didn’t finish my thought; stopped rather abruptly and did not communicate in a coherent way at all. Of course, that was not my intent. I got distracted …. Distracted by a matter that should have been left to lie. I wonder if distraction is one of the most powerful and…
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I love Psalm 57. It is a great psalm. It is my belief that all the wisdom for life can be found in this one small psalm. “All the wisdom of life”, you say? Well, all the wisdom for the New Year can be revealed in reading Psalm 57. Let me explain… I have heard…
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May mercy, peace, and love be yours in full measure (Jude 1:2) New Year’s Blessings to you, albeit a smudge late…. It is very interesting that God placed mercy (eleos) as the first of blessings in this verse. In the divine mind, eleos (mercy) precedes the charis (grace). God so loved the world with an…
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  This Advent, we chose to celebrate a Who Christmas… A Who Christmas, what is that? You know the kind of Christmas patterned after the movie, How the Grinch stole Christmas, in which the Who’s of Whoville gather around a tree without presents and sing anyway.   To be honest, I found it refreshing not to be burdened down…
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Over the course of 2013, I have been exploring the different names for God. I have heard that there are over 400 names referenced in the bible and each one reveals a different part of God’s character. In the bible it says, God wants to reveal Himself to us. What a very interesting thought! The…
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Today is Lottie Moons birthday. I find it incredibly sad that young people, no- most of the church today, has no idea who Lottie Moon wass…. It is important for us to know of her; the story; the sacrifice; the leadership, her absolute obedience to the call of God on her life… It is important to know what God…
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Last week Ronnie Smith was gunned down while going for a run in Benghazi, Libya. Ronnie was a High School chemistry teacher there. But Ronnie wasn’t there because he thought Libyan youth needed a chemistry education. A statement on the Austin Stone website said Smith had served on the church’s staff before moving to Libya:…
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No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch up an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear off some of the old cloth, making an even bigger hole. Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, because the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the…
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In the midst of troubles; frustration; sorrow; pain, which are inevitable; my heart aches and longs for you. Someone threw me under the bus the other day…. Told me it was for the team. After the initial impact, I felt mauled, bloody, alone… In pain. But, God. PRAISE BE TO GOD! Too often we make…
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I read a very heart warming story this morning and have reposted it for you. TACLOBAN, Philippines—Suzie Miller sat on her mattress, floating on the second level of her flooding home, not knowing whether she and her husband would survive. But Suzie and her husband, Carl – who serve among the 26 IMB missionaries assigned…
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