As I sit here in this Asian coffee house very far from home on this July 4th week, memories and thoughts on this holiday are flooding over me. [Read more…]
4th of July (memories and perspectives)
7 reasons I need (and want) to read the Bible daily. . . PART 2
This post is the second part of 7 reasons I need and want to read the Bible daily. If you have not read it, please CLICK HERE to do so.
Continuing on. . .
4 – Relational aspect of our faith
It’s been said many times, but I STILL need to remember and embrace this reality often. Christianity is a relationship with a personal God. It is not a religion to be adhered to. The Bible really is God’s written communication to us His children. We fellowship with Him through this written “love letter” to us, His beloved children.
When I neglect a regular, consistent, rich lifestyle of digging into the Bible, I really do [Read more…]
7 reasons I need (and want) to read the Bible daily
This article is a follow-up from “I was nearly crushed by a car today…and 2 life principles observed“.
I’ll be honest; I’ve been abnormally stressed the past few weeks. Not proud of this, but it is true.
For one, I always get uneasy living in Asia in the spring when people are inevitably leaving here. Another reason is there has been an unusual amount of activity in my life. Mostly good stuff (with the exception of Tracy’s sickness), but just lots and lots of stuff that I have needed to do, people I have hosted, meetings I have attended, classes I have taken. On top of this, I am moving to yet another apartment this week.
The accumulation of all of this “stuff” has left me tired, haggard, emotionally depleted, and a bit discouraged. I brought all of this to a local coffee house this morning.
My thoughts on weddings. . . (a series continued)
Since June is all about weddings AND people rarely hear perspective on weddings from single men, I thought it would be fun to write a series on weddings.
I have been blessed to have been to 2,395,103,984 weddings over the years. Also, I’ve been in the wedding party for many wonderful friends and family members. I have seen and learned much from these experiences. So, in this series of blog posts, I have written thoughts and stories along these lines.
I wrote most of this series last summer. However, many people are now reading my blog who were not back then. Therefore, I thought it would be fun to re-introduce it.
This past weekend, I attended yet another wonderful wedding here in Asia. It was incredible seeing one of my best local friends celebrate God’s provision of a spouse for her. It was a time of rich worship, strong fellowship with the others in attendance, and the usual pageantry and comedy which comes from wedding ceremonies. I will write a post on this past wedding within the next week or two.
Here are the posts and articles I have written on weddings. . .
I was nearly crushed by a car today…and 2 life principles observed
This morning, around 10am, I was helping my friend Rush Stuart with the TV he had just purchased. We were in a very busy section of town, where there are many electronic stores. Many people and cars and motorcycles and buses and three-wheel Asian contraptions were going every which way. People were crossing streets talking on cell phones and carrying obscene amounts of “stuff” everywhere. It was a typical Asian street scene. In a word, chaotic.
After 11 years here, I have gotten used to scenes such as this. Actually, I have become impervious to them. They aren’t stressful or exciting or strange or colorful; they just are. This morning was a scene such as this. A scene I have lived in for much of my last 11 years.
Anyway. . . as Rush and I walked to cross this chaotic street, Rush in back and I in front, we were carrying his new TV to my car. Nothing unusual. Then. . .
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