Is it not possible that we cling too closely to our own favorite presentation of the gospel, and to a type of preaching which was very well it its on time and place and for the social set-up for which it was originally intended?
Continue reading Clinging to our gospel
Why do we teach children – “Jesus loves the little children…” but then when they “grow up” we show them that Jesus doesn’t love them unless they fit certain requirements?
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight,
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
Wow!
Resting up from a quick trip to and from Houston, Texas last night to see four Irish lads and their space station (aka U2‘s 360 World Tour).
Continue reading Bono to ground control – ‘Houston we have no problem’
I’ve picked up an interest in genealogy over recent years. I’ve been tracking what I find on Geni.com as well as our own family Wiki site.
It’s interesting to track where you’ve come from.
Some interesting folks in our family tree include:
President James Madison, Jr
Wyatt Earp
Gen Edmund P Gaines – Gen. War Of 1812 and man who arrested Aaron Burr on charges of treason
Robert/Richard Gaines – who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence
Continue reading A mixed up family tree
It’s been two and a half weeks since I put out a plea to all my blog readers, Twitter friends and Facebook peeps to help our friends beat foreclosure.
The plea was simple — can we get 450 people to donate $10 by Nov 1 to help them keep their house.
Continue reading Helping our friends beat foreclosure – update
