A Long Winter’s Nap

Reader’s will recognize this post’s title as a line from “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” more commonly known as “Twas the Night Before Christmas”: And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap The Lord has been talking to me about resting, and part…

Linus Christianity

This past Sunday, my family watched “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” as we often do during the Hallowe’en season.  As we watched, my wife commented that the show had some theological implications.  I mentioned I had blogged about the theology of this cartoon, and my wife asked me to read my post.  Afterward, my…

Time Out!

The last couple weeks have been hectic, so I’m taking some time to regroup this week. Feel free to browse past posts, check out the booklets linked to my various pages, or visit some of the blogs I follow (listed at the bottom). If you’re into poetry, you can also visit my poetry blog, awanderingminstrel.com….

Preposterous

Each night before bed, my wife feeds our cat treats. Watching the two of them one night led me to meditate on how preposterous God’s plan seems at times—particularly the way He loves, cares for, and intervenes with us who couldn’t care less for Him much of the time. My mind wandered to Daniel chapter…

Direct Experience of God? (Part 1)

Whether or not we can experience God directly is something Christians have discussed and debated since…I don’t know when. I can’t say from biblical times because it is impossible to read the Bible without seeing that the authors expected to experience God directly and did. But somewhere between now and then, this basic expectation changed….

Break Time!

There is a lot going on in my life this week, so I am taking a blogging break. Please enjoy past posts, look through the booklets on my blog, or check out some of the blogs I follow (listed at the bottom of the page). If you haven’t already, check out my poetry blog, A…