June 2020
June 18
Day 96: Hopeless? This morning I began reading in Jeremiah. Reading Jeremiah will take me the next 2 weeks, according to my reading schedule. I've always had a soft spot for Jeremiah. God told him what to say, what of God's words to communicate. And He told Jeremiah that no one would listen. Sounds hopeless. […]
June 17
Day 95: Complacency We can't deny our current weather pattern is a metaphor. So much continuing bad news in recent days/weeks. No "end" in sight. Now we see a dark cloud over our society. This same dark cloud is permeating our churches. Realists, pragmatists, cynics like me are particularly susceptible. It's almost like our only […]
June 16
Day 94: Fantasy Land I read of a fairly recent Barna Institute poll that showed more than 80% of Americans believe in some form of life after death. And another 9% say that life after death may exist, but are not certain. In other words, only a smidge more than 10% of people believe physical […]
June 15
Day 93: Part Time Christian I have a friend who (sorta) attends another church in town. He wants to be my friend. To "ice" the deal, he referred to his desire for a "personal pastor." A while back, a family who left our church (in a huff) for (maybe) another church subsequently didn't hesitate to […]