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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INMarch, 2011
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Why You Are the Way You Are #1: The Secret You Have to Know, by Dr. Kevin Leman
March 27th, 201107:16 PM ETWhich of these descriptions sound the most like you? *You're well-organized, conscientious, logical, technically oriented, a list maker, and a natural leader. You love to read, and you take life seriously. You're such a perfectionistic that you can sometimes drive yourself (and others) crazy. You don't like surprises. *You're self-motivated, a vo... -
My Dog, My Grandma, A Compassionate Choice: Death for Both?
March 27th, 201106:46 PM ET"Choices and Compassion" wants Arizona and other states to pass laws that allow doctors to poison their patients. They used to be "the Hemlock Society" but now they call themselves "Choices and Compassion." One of their slogans is "LET ME DIE LIKE A DOG." Apparently, they believe that if we offer dogs "compassionate choices," why not the same for ... -
When I See the Blood
March 27th, 201106:10 PM ETShortly after the Muslim call to prayer I hear the koel bird greeting the dawn and a neighbor sloshing water from a bucket. She is sweeping the cement slab with a crude hand broom. It's familiar for I have watched her most mornings hold up the hem of her sari with one hand while sweeping with the other. When she is done washing the dirt away, anoth... -
When the Mighty Waters Rise
March 27th, 201106:01 PM ETThis morning in my quiet time I continued my reading in Psalms. One verse in particular stood out to me: Psalm 32, verse 6. In the NIV it reads: "Therefore let everyone pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him." "Let everyone pray to you while you may be found"...this makes me realize the impo... -
In All YOUR Ways?!
March 27th, 201105:52 PM ETI'm not a person who wakes up in the morning shouting " Bring it on!" I like to ease into the day with coffee and news of the weather. (This is because I walk early.) I appreciate routine...hear...my routine...hear...my way; thus change is not a word I embrace. However, a mature person knows that change is inevitable, so a mature person should... -
To Live Forever: Immortality Science Fiction
March 27th, 201105:47 PM ETHarry Stubbins removed a beaker from the heat and set it onto a rack to cool. The ceramic container almost certainly would have withstood immediate transfer to a cooling water bath, but Harry wasn't taking any chances. This substance was more important than anybody else knew. His bosses (he refused to think of them as superiors) thought he was work... -
Timelessness
March 27th, 201105:19 PM ETI have always been intrigued by Revelation 10:6B in the King James Version that says, "there should be time no longer." Other versions translate the word time as "delay," but I prefer the King James translation. There shall be time no longer. I think that most Christians believe that an eternal God created an artificial environment for his mo... -
A Stunning Debut Coming-of-Age Novel: Gatekeeper, by Ruth Crews
March 26th, 201111:56 PM ETIn the middle of page 28 of Gatekeeper, the author, Ruth Crews, plants this deceivingly benign snippet of advice: "Most of your life will not allow you to use sources for proof or inspiration." Although Ms. Crews didn't feature it as a tagline on the front cover, she could have. And our heroine is about to find out why. Anna Merritt, a vivac... -
The Beautiful Danger of Prayer
March 23rd, 201109:44 PM ETEach time we approach our Heavenly Father in prayer, there is a " beautiful danger" that follows any request we lift up to Him. The danger of prayer is not the risk of getting on our knees and worrying whether or not the Lord will answer our prayers. His Word makes it clear that he hears our prayers and cannot help but answer them. This fact is ill... -
Persevering Through Puppyhood
March 23rd, 201109:19 PM ETIn August of 2009, God tricked me into getting a dog. Now I know that messes with the theology of some of you, but it's true. For over twenty-two years of marriage, I held firm with a " no pets" policy. I didn't want the mess, the smell, the expense, or the inconvenience. But that summer of 2009, God changed my heart. It started with an overabunda... -
An Exposé on a Secret War: A Review of Yesterday’s Tomorrow, by Catherine West
March 22nd, 201112:49 AM ETIn 1954, Malcolm Taylor, a noted foreign-affairs journalist, kissed his daughter at the front door, said good-bye, and promised to come back. He didn't. In 1967, Kristin Taylor, a budding novice journalist, followed her father's trail to find out why. So begins a gritty and heart-rending tale of integrity, faith, and perseverance in two war-torn ... -
Changing Culture, Changing Church
March 22nd, 201112:05 AM ETWe in the churches often like to think of ourselves as something of a counter-culture, somewhat removed in thinking and values from the culture of our surrounding society. And in many ways that is how it should be. But the truth may be more complex. For instance, with 500 years of hindsight, it is now possible to see, for instance, that the reform... -
Delight--Revisited
March 21st, 201111:48 PM ETI read a blog in which the author discussed his One Word choices for the past three years and how he chose his One Word for this year. While he remembered clearly his Words for 2008 and 2009, he was unable to recall his One Word for 2010 and had to look it up. Interestingly, the word he forgot was Enjoy. Enjoy seems like a pretty easy word to ... -
A Lot Like Leaves
March 21st, 201111:35 PM ETEvery year before our very eyes one of the most amazing things happens to the many deciduous trees in our country. Have you ever considered the amazingly complex process that a leaf goes through in its short life? If you think about it, the Christian's life is a lot like that of a leaf. We are here for a season, and then we vanish. Yes, Christians... -
Ministering to Your Missionary on Furlough
March 17th, 201108:05 PM ETRecently my husband, Chuck, and I conducted a five-day marriage retreat for missionaries in the country of Uganda. One afternoon, we divided the men and women. As the wives sat around a cozy circle, I asked them how churches could make life less stressful for them while on furlough. Eyes lit up. Defenses dropped. One woman half-jokingly said, " Jus... -
Inspiration for a Novel
March 17th, 201106:34 PM ETI wish I could spend every moment writing on novels. The problem is that I can't physically or mentally do that. I begin to write a novel when I have a novel length inspiration. They come about once every six months now, so I can potentially expect to write a novel every six months or two a year. My usual inspiration is an opening scene or a develo... -
Release from Fear
March 16th, 201104:02 PM ET"I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears." Psalm 34:4 NIV Early in our marriage, my husband and I moved into a rental house out in the country. There was a house on the other side of the road about 1/8 of a mile west of us, and another on our side of the road about a mile west of us. Behind a couple of fields ... -
Original Innocence
March 16th, 201103:31 PM ETInnocence: a word with layers. Mostly, we tend to think of innocence in a juridical sense, as meaning "not guilty of a specific crime." But there is also a deeper sense, which we call the "innocence of children." What do we mean by that? Surely it means much more than that a child has not committed a crime. No. There is something else about "innoc... -
Assisted Suicide and End-of-Life Chats With Your Doctor
March 01st, 201112:28 AM ETColorado's governor Richard Lamm got himself in trouble fifteen years ago by saying elderly people have " a duty to die and get out of the way." Lamm knew how much end-of-life care costs. About one-third of Medicare's budget goes for costs incurred in the last one year of life, and 40% of that goes for expenses in the last one month of life. It is... -
Bowing the Knee to the “god” of Entertainment
March 01st, 201112:19 AM ETFrom the time I was little, I was enthralled by the stories of the Bible—stories of biblical heroes who remained faithful to God, though surrounded by those who worshipped false gods. I was amazed by stories about Daniel, or Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnace. I often wondered if that had been me standing before Nebuchadnezzar'...
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