Scripture Memorization 10 of 52: Colossians 3:16
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” -Colossians 3:16...
View ArticleI’m LEAVING!
So I am finally going to pull the plug on my Facebook account. I have taken several hiatus’ from Facebook in the past always with the intent of rejoining in two weeks, 30 days, 40 days, whatever the...
View ArticleI Can’t Believe I’m Going To Do This Again
“Am I really going to do this?” was the question that swished through my mind as I read an email last week informing me I’d won the lottery. Not the lottery that gives you money, but the lottery to run...
View ArticleFears & Motivations
I embark upon this preparation for the New York City Marathon with a number of fears and motivations. Start with my fears to get the negative out of the way: Will my body hold up? That is not a...
View ArticleScripture Memorization 11 of 52: Isaiah 26:3
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” –Isaiah 26:3, ESV To understand Isaiah 26:3 we have to read Isaiah 25:1-Isaiah 26:6 and in those verses what you...
View ArticleScripture Memorization 12 of 52: Isaiah 48:18
“Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;” -Isaiah 48:18 This text is one I need to...
View ArticleScripture Memorization 13 of 52: Psalm 107:8
“Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!”- Psalm 107:8, KJV Take a moment right now to write down this verse on a piece of paper or a...
View ArticleScripture Memorization 14 of 52 John 3:17
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” -John 3:17 I don’t see them as often as I once did, but growing-up watching a...
View ArticleWATCH THIS! PLEASE!
This sermon is by one of my dear friends and one of the best preachers. Find an hour and watch this message…I have not been moved, convicted, rebuked, encouraged more by a message in years!
View ArticleScripture Memorization 15 of 52: Psalm 139:13, 14
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” -Psalm...
View ArticleThe Best Argument for Women’s Ordination Without Using Words
Let me speak directly to those who stand firmly in the belief that women should be ordained. In the course of the last 5 years I believe one of our greatest weaknesses in our “struggle” to affirm the...
View ArticleWhat Is Your I.Q.?
Years ago I googled…actually I think this was before google…so I searched in AOL and found a free online IQ test. I started the test and within a few questions I quit, why because I could tell by those...
View ArticleOne Tweet Too Far
There have been a lot of tweets that have raised my blood pressure over the last year, but there was one I read today that was one tweet too far and I could not hold my tongue any longer. But no it...
View ArticleProtest
Today 1000’s of young people participated in a #NationalStudentWalkout, including some from Spencerville Adventist Academy, the school of The Spencerville Adventist Church of which I am the Senior...
View ArticleRevisiting Ordination
Warning–this post is not about gender! Sorry to disappoint some of you. This post is about the process or rather the requirements for ordination in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. It...
View ArticleHow White Privilege Inhibits Christian Perfection
This morning I read these words, “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. The context of this text is not referring to the day of worship we keep, or the...
View ArticleAddressing White Privilege in Me
Last week I wrote a blog, on white privilege and a friend of mine that read it asked the great question–how? How do we address the problem of white privilege? And she challenged me to give provide...
View ArticleWhite Privilege in My Home
My Dad used to say when he would get upset with someone, “Get a life.” If we were complaining about something he thought was ridiculous, he’d say, “Get a life.” My sisters and I were fighting over...
View ArticleSome Books from 2020
I don’t want to label this a top ten list and make it sound like I read enough books to have a realistic top ten list. So these are just some books that I read in the past twelve months that I enjoyed,...
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