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  I try not to get too personal in this blog; it is supposed to be dedicated to my thoughts about a book rather than my thoughts alone. My wife says “David, you have to get to an end with … Continue reading →

It was a minor dilemma. My son married a wonderful Colombian woman. So a few years ago, my wife and I had an opportunity to go to Colombia South America for Christmas. We did not know Spanish and we knew … Continue reading →

“God transcendently sees us from a wider vision of why and how we are.”* I guess it is just human nature, the tendency to emphasize differences between ourselves and others, but I don’t believe that God sees us that way. … Continue reading →

Words come and go. By that I mean that the times we live in can create words, the technology, the culture, the politics of the time. Today, America is going through a time when people line up against each other, … Continue reading →

  It’s that time of the year. The days are longer, the temperatures are warmer and the dirt has a rich aromatic smell. I find myself drawn outside, wanting to make things grow in the yard. I want to make … Continue reading →

As we get closer to finishing the discussion of Mark Labberton’s The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor, Pastor Labberton begins to call us to imagine what God sees when He looks at us. Maybe this is the beginning of … Continue reading →

  No one wants to suffer… Yet suffering comes… Life is going along, you are busy working, feeling ok about yourself, pursing your goals in life, maintaining relationships with friends and family and suddenly loss and pain enter your life. … Continue reading →

December 31, 2017… I have blogged on The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor since then. That’s not that unusual. If a book has good content, it is easy to put my own personal “spin” on what the author writes … Continue reading →

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect” [Matthew 5:48]. Talk about pressure. That’s pressure. I am going to make some “blanket statements” regarding Matthew 5:48. These kinds of statements always get me in trouble. Notable exceptions to my … Continue reading →

I moved to where I now live twenty-two years ago. It was a big jump. I moved from what I would call a more urban postage stamp yard to two acres in a more rural setting. In my postage stamp … Continue reading →