Freedom Guns and Jesus

This word was introduced to me by a famous south-american evangelist. Definition of PENUMBRA 1a: a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light b: a shaded region surrounding the dark central portion of a sunspot 2: a surrounding or adjoining region in which […]

I’m excited to report that every night and most days on this 10-day mission trip in Brazil, we are seeing miracles.  Not just a few. The numbers are increasing every day, and for a “missionary” the goal is to be used by God for Kingdom work.  This is really hard for my left brain. Letting […]

An exerpt from the International Monetary Fund. More on this when I have time. http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2010/041310a.pdf INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Reserve Accumulation and International Monetary Stability: Supplementary Information Prepared by the Strategy, Policy and Review Department In collaboration with the Finance, Legal, Monetary and Capital Markets, Research and Statistics Departments, and consultation with the Area Departments Approved […]

What happens when a trusted person is found out to be unfaithful? I guess that depends on your perspective.  Normally, betrayal leaves us angry, hurt, bitter, and less likely to trust again. I have children.  I expect them to be children.  I’m not shocked when they lie, cheat or disobey– they are children, and that’s […]

Two nights ago, I deleted my Angry Birds in Rio app from my Droid…. Well, it was actually 5 am. I spent much of the next sleepy day wondering what made that game so addicting, and why I would keep on trying to get to the next level. I also spent two hours in a […]

Did you ever consider how much of our experiences are prophetic?  Foreshadowing, for you non-christian intellectual types. A few nights ago, I was working in the office at 12:30 am.  I heard ungodly screaming coming from my master bedroom, and my first thought was, “wow, that sounds demonic!”  It was just a couple of cats. […]

Most of this comes from listening to Kris Valliton of Bethel College, as part of the Discipleship School of the Spirit curriculum. He’s not the author, just one who summed it all up really, really well!

I am currently reading a book that speaks of the scripture in Matthew 7:23 concerning “I never knew you, depart from me”.  It seems that there is no shortage of those who will teach on this verse, with the focus on those who don’t KNOW (in an intimate way) Jesus Christ, that will be turned […]

Main Entry: 1pro·cess  Pronunciation: ˈprä-ˌses, ˈprō-, -səs Function: noun Etymology: Middle English proces, from Anglo-French procés, from Latin processus, from procedere Date: 14th century 1 a : progress, advance b : something going on : proceeding 2 a (1) : a natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result (2) : […]