At Titus 2 this weekend we had a conversation about the “Barbie Syndrome” and the impact on our culture of the fashion doll’s presence since March 9, 1959, her fictional birthday and fashion doll toy market debut. I am one of very few women, it...
“This kind can only come out by prayer.” There is an incident recorded in three Gospels- Mark 9:14-29, Matthew 17:14-21, and Luke 9:37-45 that gives interesting perspective on miracles and prayer. It comes on the heels of the twelve disciples having been sent out by...
May 22, 2020, 9:30 AM “I have learned nothing in 20 years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They do not respond…to either gentle kindness or any form of spiritual persuasion with which I am...
May 22, 2020, 5:14 PM Someone wrote “the highest value in America is freedom. The highest value in the Bible is love “ The highest VIRTUE (attribute of God that originates with God and is revealed and defined by the Word of God) is LOVE that is sacrificial-...
God loves diversity and created us all to live together but when sin’s corruption screwed things up Darwin’s survival of the fittest ( i.e. the strongest, loudest, with the most physical stamina and least aversion to conflict, the one with the most power -however it...
May 24, 2020, 6:14 AM Facebook covers up and places caution over the honest authentic emotions of loss and grieving the deaths of those who made the choice to stand for something good, something greater than themselves…. to love their families, their...
6/3/2020 CBB When President Donald Trump carried and held up his Bible at St. Johns Parish Church next door to the White House, the picture drew a lot of main stream media and social media criticism that the Bible was being used as a “prop.” This feigned public...
You Do You. “Public service announcement: “You do you” is not actually a Christian idea. “You do you” is how fallenness happened. It is too often followed by “hold my beer.” The last thing any of us needs is for me do me when Jesus has so blatantly and wisely asked me...
A post seen on Twitter: People: Why should I be Catholic? Catholics: We’re the one true church! People: Nice 😎 People: Why should I be evangelical? Evangelicals: We have a personal relationship with Jesus! People: Nice 😎 People: Why should I be Mainline? Mainline: You...
The World’s Way Is Not The Way – Why Mindfulness Is Not Our Approach What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness” is a popular technique being used in therapeutic circles to address emotional and mental health issues these days. Increasingly, we are being asked to be more...
