Religion/Spirituality
Sorry, WSJ: Lance Armstrong isn't likely to follow Chuck Colson
By DAN CALABRESE - "If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts" The Wall Street Journal has some really good advice for Lance Armstrong this morning. I don't think he's going to take it, although I hope I'm wrong, but it's really good advice: We are all sinners, the Bible says and everyone knows. But not ... continue reading
Are You SAVED?
I wish that this had been my first blog. When I view the events unfolding all over the globe, even today, I have had to ask myself, “What if I had only been given time and opportunity for one blog?” If that had happened, you didn’t need to know my name, my bio or anything else that came ... continue reading
More Than A Motto
In God We Trust. The national motto today is treated more like a catchphrase than a way of living. Working in the Missouri Capitol Building, I have the privilege of being surrounded by history and artwork that are etched into the stone walls of the hallways and chambers throughout the building. Many of these ... continue reading
The Covenant
A promise of stayed destruction is defined differently out of the mouths of men. The Covenant symbol, now commercially skewed, depicts the rainbow's end, melting into a pot of molten lava. Colors run together as the heat of Hades pulls, even the arc of it, out of a Sovereign sky. Where the ... continue reading
The Importance of Faith
It is common teaching in schools to tell students that there is a separation of church and state. This was a principle that, for many of our founding fathers, was foremost in their mind. Thomas Jefferson, who according to a number of modern historians has been branded nonreligious, (and wrongfully so ... continue reading
The Curses of Disobedience
In our last blog, we read in Deuteronomy about the blessings that come with obedience to God. Today I want to talk about what we reap as curses when we are disobedient. I wanted to write about this today for two reasons. As someone in a capacity to reach you, I feel that I am responsible for what you ... continue reading
Beth Smith
My earliest memories are of color, texture, layers... When I was in kindergarten, I would ask my teacher if I could miss recess to stay inside and create. To create was to play. To play was to paint or color or shadow or draw or cut or glue...in and outside the lines. That's how surrealism is born. It's ... continue reading
I Know Where Provision Is, Let's Synchronize Our GPS'
Last week we talked about our personal deserts, and the one the Israelites found themselves in for forty years due to their grumble mumbles. I also said that regardless of our arid economy, lackluster love lives or health hiccups, that we do not have a proverbial provision problem, we have a revelation ... continue reading
Provision for Your Desert
Whether your desert is the economy, a bad medical report, a failed relationship or two, or you just find yourself bankrupt in emotions, whether you are alone or not, I have a WORD for you. You do not have a provision problem. You have a revelation problem. Let me explain. I have homeless friends today ... continue reading