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Category Archives: Writing
The H-Word
Get your hallelujahs out while you can, folks: Lent is almost upon us. In the Anglican Church, and probably in some other liturgical denominations, we conclude many of our services with the phrase, ‘Thanks be to God. Alleluia!’ But for … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Faith, Old Testament, Prayer, Psalms, Relationship, Words, Wrath of God, Writing
Tagged alleluia, baffled king, bathing on the roof, bathsheba, beauty and the moonlight, bob dylan, david, david and bathsheba, going through the motions, hallelujah, k.d. lang, king david, leonard cohen, liturgy, lord of song, max lucado, motions, nothing on my tongue, psalm, randy frazee, repentance, rufus wainwright, samson and delilah, shrek soundtrack, susan boyle, the story, travis eades, trials of the king, various positions
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Truth or Duh
What’s the difference between truth and fact? This question came up recently at my Bible Study group meeting, and it prompted an interesting discussion: one person put forward the idea that facts change, but the truth is constant. Another … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, New Testament, Saturday Night Live, Writing
Tagged 000, archeology, archeology is the search for fact, Bethlehem, concrete, crucifixion, data, dr. tyree, duh magazine, eye of the beholder, fact, facts, facts are neutral, feeding of the 5, hindsight, indiana jones, it’s a fact girl, john 14:6, kids in the hall, knowledge, literally, norm macdonald, pilate, resurrection, saturday night live, stable, transcendence, transfiguration, truth, truth takes sides, walk on water, way truth and life, we both have truths, weekend update, wiktionary, wisdom
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The G-Word, Part 3: Horticultural Fisherman
The G-Word occurs most often in Genesis, but 12 of the 13 times ‘garden’ is used in that book, the text is referring to Eden. After Genesis, the two books that use the G-Word the most are Song of Songs and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian Walk, Evangelism, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Relationship, Words, Worship, Writing
Tagged 1 john 4:8, eden, empty tomb, fruit, galatians 5:22-23, garden, gardening, genesis, gethesemane, god is love, gospel of john, john 15:1, john 15:1-6, joseph of arimathea, mary magdalene, prunes, rabboni, song of songs, thrown into the fire and burned, true vine
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The G-Word, Part 2: Partnership
When I think about gardens, I think of my mom’s yard. Potato plants like ferns. Carrots plants like pine saplings. Tomato plants dripping with fruit. Onion plants that stand higher than the back fence. Enough cucumber plants to keep Bicks in … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Family, God, Grace, Holiness, Love, Words, Writing
Tagged 1 Corinthians 3:6-7, apollos, flower beds, garden, gardening, god's people, hoe, vegetable garden, vegetables
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