“The book you are holding will be considered by some as controversial.”
So starts the first line of the introduction of Brother Andrew’s book Light Force: A Stirring Account of the Church Caught in the Middle East Crossfire.
Just the book for me.
The Author:
Some of you may remember Brother Andrew from [...]
High school is always ruthless and cruel – well…that is, unless you’re a senior and just coasting along.
I guess my opening sentence should read "High school can be ruthless and cruel"… that's better. =)
Back to the article at hand – the ladies basketball coach at Covenant School in Dallas, Texas (here's [...]
Ever once in a while I get the craving for something different – depending on where I'm standing; this craving can be good, bad or disturbing.
This time the craving hit me while standing in front of the CD shelve at the local library. Lucky, the shelves did not collapse…
Norah Jones newest [...]
You have heard about it raining "cats and dogs", well – how about fish?
Actually, fish probably hurt a lot less – imagine having a soaking wet cat land on your head? The claws alone would about kill you – let alone the teeth!
A fish on the other hand would…well…thump. Yes – [...]
There is much rejocing in the Ardell household!
After two and a half long, long years – the wife now has a HUGE pantry to storage items (she laid in bed last night till the early dawn hours planning how to use it!!)
For those who did not get to see the orignal [...]
Last night was powerful! A few of us gathered in our basement to watch some videos about human trafficking and the churches response.
Wow… talk about a deep evening.
The speaker was Rob Morri of Love 146 (a Christian organization working to end child sex slavery and exploitation) – and was given at [...]
Ever once in a while you stumble upon something that makes you stop, lean forward, and say: “What?!”
Desiree Palmen’s photographs did that to me earlier this week as I browed EnvironmentalGraffiti.com – which you all should check out by the way… it’s a great site that describes itself as: …an eclectic mix of [...]
Here’s a thought – John 3:16 is for the church, not the un-churched.
Uh?
That was my first reaction when a friend approached me with that idea. Yet, as I looked at the context of John 3:16, I came to agree with him..
Here’s the set up:
Jesus is hanging out one night [...]
I was surprised to hear that seven of the nine students who integrated Little Rock Central High School 1957 (ie. the “Little Rock Nine”) where at President Obama’s inauguration today.
Why?
Because, like a lot of folks my age, I tend to think that the whole civil rights movement was years and years [...]
I was bored…and Wikipedia was up… so I searched for "hopping" (being a cool name and all…
Guess what I found?
A Buckley-class destroyer named the USS Hopping!!! (sigh..the title was a dead give away…)
Truly, the US Navy commissioned the destroyer on May 21, 1943 – naming it after Lieutenant Commander Hallsted L. [...]
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