Posts Tagged with "love"

Think by John Piper (audiobook)

Saturday, July 9, 2011

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Think by John Piper (audiobook)

In Think: The Life of Mind and the Love of God, bestselling author and pastor John Piper aims to encourage and help Christians to think. He argues that “thinking is indispensable on the path to passion for God” and uses scripture to debunk and bring to light the dangers of the anti-intellectualism movement in the church. At [...]

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Your Whole Self

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Several years ago, Christian singer Dan Haseltine (of Jars of Clay) challenged readers of Relevant Magazine to bring our whole selves into our relationships. I must admit that when I first read his article, entitled Your Whole Self, certain aspects turned me off. However, on closer inspection the truths found within overpowered the negatives. There [...]

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Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary can’t use TurboTax?

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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Maybe, next time, Timothy Geithner should pay an accountant. Or take a simple computer course. via Geithner Links Woes to Tax Software Used by 18 Million Americans. You gotta love this report from Fox News. This guy can’t figure out how to use TurboTax and President Obama wants him in charge of the Treasury? How [...]

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Proverbs 3:1-6

Sunday, July 27, 2008

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My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name [...]

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Wisdom from an old man

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

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One of my favorite lines from the movie Secondhand Lions is spoken by Hub, the character played by Robert Duvall: Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most[...] that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power [...]

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Portland’s "Holiday Tree"

Friday, December 15, 2006

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Officials in Maine’s largest city have decided to call the traditional Christmas tree at Monument Square a “holiday tree,” citing a desire to be sensitive to other people and religions as the reason for their decision to avoid directly referencing the Christian holiday. But Michael Heath, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine [...]

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Biblical guidance from The Lord of the Rings

Thursday, December 14, 2006

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Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other [...]

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Immigration enforcement is for feds

Monday, December 11, 2006

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An interesting view of Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s decision to give state police the task of arresting illegal immigrants from Thomas Keown, the director of media relations for the Irish Immigration Center in Boston: …beyond immigration it is the purely law enforcement angle that shows most clearly the danger of state police enforcing immigration law. [...]

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Pat Robertson, will you PLEASE GO HOME!

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

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A few months back my Dad and I discussed the fact that Pat Robertson seems to be shooting himself in the foot quite often lately. Well, apparently we are not the only ones who feel that way. Tom Ponchak has started a petition entitled Christians Against Pat Speaking (CAPS). I have great respect for Pat [...]

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A Great Smoothie

Friday, February 17, 2006

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I promised some friends from the library last week that I would give them the recipe for an awesome smoothie that I have been drinking, so I decided to post it to my blog. This is based on the recipe for a smoothie called “The Green Gorilla.” 1/2 package frozen spinach 1 very ripe banana [...]

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