Chaos!

Chaos!  In China over the past few years elephants have been causing chaos wondering into cities.  They seem lost but scientist believe they are confused due to their habitats being taken over by development. They do not mean harm they simply look confused. To the elephants things that use to feel up, now feel down. …

Umwelt!

It’s called umwelt.  It’s how you see things based on your position, and way of life.  Ever thought of how much our circumstances, skew and alter our understanding of God.  We had been to a repair shop to pickup a lawn mower.  A police officer pulled us over for no apparent reason.  He questioned me,…

Forty & Three!

He started with forty, and ended with three.  Forty days… alone… tempted… fighting… satan in his face each step of the way.  Each day, in the desert, was a battle and each step grew harder and more difficult. He wondered if his father had forsaken him.  After the forty days he came out of the…

A Glimpse Of Heaven!

Happy Jesus Day! A Glimpse Of Heaven! I could stay wrapped in your arms forever!   Do you ever feel so close to our Savior that it feels like he is wrapping you in love?  There are days, after deep prayer, that I feel so close to him that everything else seems to fade away.  I…

Pure Gospel!

The line from the movie was: “Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.”  As that hit me, my heart pondered, and the movie fell away.  When your faith becomes strong, you began to see Jesus in everyplace and everyone. During Jesus last moments, the lessons he gave us were some of the most important.  That is…

His Name Is Jesus!

It happens daily. I notice it when I wear my HJD shirts. People look at me and form a pre-conceived idea when they see the name Jesus. Many tell me they like my shirt. Those inquires are great. The ones I worry about… the ones that keep me up at night… are the ones that…

Finding The Spirit of Christ!

God comes into the world in surprising ways so that the sincere seeker will always find evidence. Is sincere seeking perhaps the real meaning of walking in faith?    —Richard Rohr We have forfeited our desire to reason.  One of the delights in being human is the ability to reason.  To look at issues and…

Grace! Glorious Grace!

Grace!  So misunderstood. So foreign by our standards. A gift that we cannot comprehended.  No strings… no agenda… no effort to earn… simply free.  Grace cannot be understood by any record of merits and demerits. It cannot be held to patterns of buying, losing, earning, achieving, or manipulating, which is where most of us live…

A Common Purpose!

There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.   —Martin Luther King Jr.  In a world of so much hatred it is time we realize there is more that unites us then divides us. …