This blog contains comments and teaching regarding living the Christian faith and comments on the intersection of faith and many other aspects of life from pop culture to science. It also has some stories--hopefully they are amusing stories--from my life. ~Dan
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Mildly puzzling stories from the road
After a long car ride with no radio and an out of tune banjo with only 3 strings, we took a moment to get out of the car and stretch our legs. Unfortunately, we were still on the interstate and hadn’t actually stopped driving.
Exiting a car when it is moving at 70 mph is both exhilarating and painful. It results in the recognition of some important and meaningful lessons…which I can only seem to remember when a fan is blowing in my face.
Helpful tip: Tuck and roll.
…This is a brief excerpt from the chapter in my autobiography titled: Mildly Puzzling Stories from Road.
Friday, February 26, 2021
You still matter to God
There has never been a moment in your life in which God took His eyes off of you and thought, “That’s it! I’m tired of this one. And I no longer care what happens.”
The evil one would like you to believe you’ve pulled enough stuff that God is done with you. But that’s not true. You still matter to God.
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The importance of real justice
We hear a lot of talk about justice, these days, which is good. Justice is very important, we know from the book of Deuteronomy chapter 32, vs. 4, that justice is a characteristic of God. This helps us understand that justice is good and right!
Real justice requires a respect for and a recognition of fairness, equality, individual rights, objective truth, investigation, evidence, valid testimony, reason, logic, due process and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
If people are understood to be “right or wrong,” “innocent or guilty,” “just or unjust,” simply based on something over which they have no control and is physically inherited—such as race—real justice is not served.
From my unfinished memoirs...
Here is the beginning of chapter 5 of my still unfinished memoirs...
“One time, while suffering from a high fever, I became convinced that leprechauns were sneaking into my closet at night.
…After the fever passed I realized how silly was this delusion. But we were never able to explain why there were small green suits hanging by my dress shirts.”