Most people like current music. The problem I see is that it has no depth. This is something that I feel very strongly on. I am a product of 80's Christian music. I am often surprised by realizing this is where I came from! It might not have all the kind of hip, cool and groovy trappings of somebody else's deep musical past but it's the real ( Read more... )

There have been times in my life that everything was going my way but currently, this is a time with a lot of uncertainty within my extended family. We’ve experienced pain, loss, and joy...I have dealt with aging parents, moving into a new house, a cousin strung out on drugs, the loss of a close friend this past year, my kids growing up so fast ( Read more... )

Through all of our phases and stages
Growth spurts and stagnation...
God is faithful. There are no mistakes in His book.
He uses everything for His ultimate good. ...sickness...divorce ...failure...loss of good friends...reaquinting with old ones...even time.
He is good.
I'm glad we belong to Him.

Tonight, I am aware that at times I envy troubled kids...the intensity of emotion...the passion. I wish I could always be that passionate... I wish we could emerge from behind our walls of propriety and convention. Sometimes after a counseling session I just pause. How self-righteous it seems for me to discipline these teenagers for a depth of ( Read more... )

I think I have been derailed by depression. I just feel like a piece of wood ( Read more... )

I was reading in the bible where God is seeking after true worshipers. This saddens me. I think there should be an abundance of them around, and that we should dedicate ourself to being the kind of worshiper God desires. But there are not true worshipers. I find it interesting that God does not want just anybody to worship him. He wants true ( Read more... )

One of the cool things about following Christ is the fact that He uses ordinary people for His extraordinary purposes. I've engaged in numerous conversations the last several weeks, with people who because of a lack of "whatever", assumed they didn't have what it took to do anything big, noteworthy, or leave a legacy. Nothing could be further from ( Read more... )

I gotta tell you... this new world media stuff is creating a lot of busy work. I wake up every day and I'm faced with all sorts of options of what to check first...work emails? personal emails? my myspace account? or perhaps facebook if I can still remember the log in password?or do I blog...or do I read and make comments on the youth page...and ( Read more... )

Not sure what I am thinking today... been so long since I forced myself to sit down here and write from the heart ( Read more... )

Been reading a book on quotes lately. One that spoke to me was this one. Thought I'd share it with you
"If a problem is to small to be turned into a prayer, then it is too small to be made into a burden