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Blaise Pascal On Sickness

A Prayer for the Right Use of Sickness by Blaise Pascal, Pensees

A Conversation About God With A 3 Year Old

On the way to get my pickup tested at the local vehicle emissions station today, my 3 year old grandson Andrew commented, “It’s a beautiful day Grandpa.” “Yes it is, God blessed us with this day,” I said. “Where… Read More

The Meaning of Life

Leo Tolstoy was famous, influential, and well off when he wrote this. The question–that which at the age of fifty brought me to the edge of the abyss–was the simplest of questions… “What will come of what I am doing… Read More

God Knows How to Drink Coffee and Fix Computers

“God knows how to do everything… He knows how to drink coffee… He knows how to fix computers…” – Annie (my 7yr old) #kidtheology @coryburket My friend Cory Burket put this out on Twitter yesterday. I just had to… Read More

Lecrae Interview on PBS

Click link to watch Lecrae Extended Interview on PBS. Such a great piece–had to share it.

Why on Earth Did Jesus Come to Earth? The Big, the Small, and Your Predicament

What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? -Psalm 8:4 The Big God is Big. God is Bigger than I am. He’s Bigger than you are. Much Bigger. He’s the One… Read More

The Election is Over — Now What? Genesis 48:17-20

When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one… Read More

Will God Come Through for You? — Genesis 45:4-28

Read Genesis 45:4-28 Joseph says to his brothers, Come close to me. And they’re all terrified at what might happen to them, because they know what they did to Joseph years ago, and Joseph knows, and they know… Read More

What Does God Want? Genesis Chapter 44

To read the last post on Genesis click on Starving But Afraid to Return: Genesis 43. Read Genesis 44 In our last post we left Joseph’s brothers feasting and drinking freely with Joseph. After the end of chapter… Read More

Is Jesus God?

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That… Read More

Shocked by God — Seriously!

Hi, I’m on vacation, hiking in the North Cascades National Park with family. So you’ll see a guest post today (with a short comment from me at the bottom) and a few posts with links to people who… Read More

God vs. Basketball

So I spoke with a 20 something who wrote a blog post about basketball yesterday. His post received a lot of attention and reaction which prompted me to say, “Wow, your basketball post got a lot more reaction… Read More