Christmas Sucks! According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), the average American is expected to spend around $902 on Christmas this year 2024. Google AI search results. This figure is on the low end of all the numbers I ran across. The lowest was $50.00, to the highest being $3,000. Living in a highly commercialized,Continue reading “Testimony Tuesday”
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Bible Stories for Grown Ups: The parable of the talents
I’m going to be perfectly honest here. Deep sigh, scratching my head – NOT another parable. Come on Jesus. We have a saying, “plain talk is easily understood.” When I was in school we had this teacher, if you didn’t know how to spell a word she would say ‘look it up’. I got inContinue reading “Bible Stories for Grown Ups: The parable of the talents”
Monday School
Preventing the flood: The Story of Noah Bible Stories for Grown Ups A child’s view: I would bet there aren’t many children (especially in the Bible Belt) that haven’t heard the story of Noah. A lovely little story about a man God told to build a boat. He did. Got made fun of in theContinue reading “Monday School”
Why be thankful?
Have you ever wondered, what do I have to be thankful about? You feel bad. You’re sad. You’re tired. Have you ever read someone else’s thankful and said, ‘I can be thankful for that’? But they said it, should I really repeat that? You couldn’t have an original thought if you tried. Or maybe you’veContinue reading “Why be thankful?”
Monday School: dance
“5 Things Christians Label as ‘Sin’ That Aren’t Actually Sinful”: Dancing What happens when your favorite song comes on the radio? If you are in the car? No one wants you to break out into a salsa when you’re doing 80 on the interstate. But we tend to want to move our bodies. Shake ourContinue reading “Monday School: dance”
Happy Easter
1 Peter 1:3New International Version Praise to God for a Living Hope 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Thankful Thursday: words
“Many ignore what they don’t want to deal with. Ignoring doesn’t change things. It doesn’t make them go away.” EGYPT-THEGOODVIBE.CO I’ve been trying to ignore something since October 2022 and it just won’t go away. The ability to say what I need to say escapes me. When I try to verbalize my feelings I either:Continue reading “Thankful Thursday: words”
Monday School
10 Things Christians Should Resolve Not to Do: Not Expect Other Christians to Live by Your Convictions Have you ever heard a deacon cuss? Have you been beside a preacher in traffic, windows down, stereo blasting, shouting at the top of their lungs ALL the lyrics to a Marilyn Manson song? Have you seen yourContinue reading “Monday School”
10 things Christians should resolve not to do: Not Obsess over Anything Other than Christ
From our Monday School lesson: Have you ever had an ear-worm? What’s the best way to get rid of an ear-worm? Listen to the song. 90% of the time that will do it for me. If we use this logic for everything that we obsess about, can you think of what a mess we’d beContinue reading “10 things Christians should resolve not to do: Not Obsess over Anything Other than Christ”
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Luke 1 – 12 The Birth of Jesus 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from theContinue reading “Merry Christmas”
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