Evendays

There are at least two "church" sentences that tend to scare me. The first is: "Jesus spoke to me." That one always gets me, not because I don’t think that Jesus can speak to folks, I’m just not sure that he does. An older man from church told me he is writing a letter he [...]

I don’t know if you heard about it, but it seems the financial world is in crisis. It’s all the talk here.
The money woes of the world make the front page and the opening stories of the Swiss news, and the radio continues to explain the situation, inviting ministers of finance to share their opinions [...]

Here’s a quote from page 723 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, after Harry’s long, plot-explaining conversation with his old mentor, Dumbledore:
“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry’s ears even though [...]

Would you like to know your future?
If you knew it, would you be tempted to change it?
I know I would. Which probably means that (and this is silly since it can’t happen) that I shouldn’t know the future for the future belongs to Someone who is big enough to handle it. I can barely [...]

Mom is doing well, at home where Dad and Sister One were taking care of her after surgery. Here’s a morbid thought: Before appendectamies, people died of appendicitis. Makes you thankful…
Today went pretty well, about a 8.2. I started searching for Ukrainian documents that will be useful for the church in Ternopil. The problem is [...]

The “foolishness” Paul wrote about was not always the foolishness of the cross. An even not-too-careful reading of his letters shows that he especially considered himself a “fool” when he was forced to write about his accomplishments, or when he had to refer to his suffering in order to protect his apostleship and, therefore, the [...]

If Jesus quenched every thirst, there would be no more temptation, no more sin, no more unfaithfulness.
The truth is, he can only open doors that enter into his home. He only answers prayers that are in his name. He is only found by those who are ultimately searching for him. (Granted, he is found in [...]

In the last few posts, I’ve been working through “searching”, basically that we are all searching for something or someone; that God built us that way to look for Him, yet we do so as one groping in the darkness (Acts 17). We resemble, if only a bit, intelligent Googles, continually sending out queries, some [...]

Happy birthday, sis! – An old story tells of the millionaire who spotted a beautiful old painting in a book which covered the history of art. He fell under its charms and decided he had to add it to his collection. So he called his curator and charged him to find the work and to [...]

Take a minute and do the ABCs of what people are looking for: Adventure, Beauty, Courage, Direction, Encouragement, Family… Always looking for something. Even the most obscure letter cannot resist our efforts…
God, Honor, Integrity, Joy, Knowledge, Love… We search for noble things. Things that make a difference. Things that last. Things which bring us [...]