Unclaimed entitlements
Written by Andree Seu
June 13, 2008

Talk about "Left Behind." Our church lost-and-found closet is overflowing with unclaimed items, mostly Bibles. (Gosh, the owners must be using their other Bibles for daily devotions ( Read more... )

I found the following as a comment on worldontheweb.com this morning. It's giving me reason to pause and consider:

Names are such a funny thing, seeing as how they come with so many associations. To name is a thing of power. That's why I commend Senator McCain when he said that he would always refer to his opponents by their name (i.e. Senator ( Read more... )

This morning at our weekly devotions, Dr. Bill got up to speak about the concept of being "renewed like an eagle." I nearly shut off my brain, thinking that it would be some sappy Guideposts version of a devotion. But instead, I found myself at the edge of my seat the whole entire time, drinking it in. There was some powerful stuff in the lesson ( Read more... )

It's so easy for Christians and otherwise religious people to give cheerful answers, answers, answers in the light of tragedy. But then the ages-old question appears and the conversation goes silent.

How can a loving God allow bad things to happen to innocent people?I am sure that question will be asked many times in light of the Virginia Tech ( Read more... )

A sister approached me this afternoon about some recent writings in my public blog. Apparently she's an anonymous reader -- I'm not going to "out" her here, but I do want to say welcomeAnyway, in a very loving manner, she called me out on some things I'd written thoughtlessly. And before she finished her sentences, I knew she was right. I knew she ( Read more... )

A few days ago, one of my team members at the Holy Land came into my office to talk about "stuff." He told me about the steps he was taking to get his GED, about ways that God had been working in his life, and about goals for the future ( Read more... )

"Saints know that a grain of heart's-ease is of more value than a ton of gold. He who wraps a threadbare coat about a good conscience has gained a spiritual wealth far more desirable than any he has lost.... Let the worst come to the worst, let all the talents go, we have not lost our treasure, for that is above, where Christ sitteth at the right ( Read more... )