Take A Stand

A co-worker of mine told a story at lunch a few weeks ago about a nature show he had been watching about cave diving (read: beyond insanity). The camera was in the cave with the diver, pointed at an angle where it looked as if the diver was about to come up into an air [...]

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I’m a logical guy. Always have been. My wife can verify that I’m not much for emotion. I would much rather think through something rather than feel my way through it. When confronted with a difficult decision I tend to weigh the pros and cons and take a long time to come to a final [...]

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It’s harvest time around here. The wheat has sprouted and is ready (or past ready) to be cut. Looking out over the fields on my way to work reminds of how I grew up, but it also forces me to think about my own spiritual journey. I grew up on a wheat and cattle farm [...]

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While listening and reading the coverage of the Greensburg, KS tornado, it struck me what many people were saying. The first thing out of the mouths of people trying to help was “I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose everything you have.” Have they really lost everything? If they are still alive, they still [...]

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What is worship? Is worship what we do during the time music plays on Sunday morning? Is it the entire service? Is it something else? One of the American Heritage Dictionary meanings of worship is “Ardent devotion; adoration”. I would submit to you that it is difficult to turn ardent devotion on and off. Worship [...]

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This is the first of my weekly series about what I believe. Some of the things here will be theological concepts, some will be simple common sense. In these articles, I want to examine my core beliefs and try and find out why I believe what I believe. I'm inviting everyone who reads this to [...]

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