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God Has a Plan, Just Wait
I just finished reading the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Most of us know this story from Sunday School. It is one of the early Bible lessons that we learn. Joseph, the favorite of twelve sons, was sold into slavery to passing Arab merchants who, in turn, sold him to one of the prominent officials of an Egyptian pharaoh. Through his integrity and God’s blessing, he rose to prominence in the official’s household only to be thrown into jail after falsely being accused of adultery by the official’s wife. → Read more...
Being Part of History is About Faith
This morning I just saw a Modern Marvels documentary on the great story of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was built during the crushing Great Depression and the local government didn’t have money to fund the project. So what did they do? They went around canvassing the San Francisco neighborhoods and asked if people would consider getting a lien against their properties to help fund this project. And they did en masse. On November 4, 1930 voters within the district went to the polls and put their homes, farms, and business properties up for collateral to support a $35 million bond issue to finance the bridge. → Read more...
A Leap of Faith
One of my favorite scenes in all of the cinema I’ve seen in my life is in 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In it, Indy, played by Harrison Ford, is on the quest for the Holy Grail. In order to get to the room that houses the grail, Indy has to pass three separate tests. The first two he passes just fine, but on the third, he pauses. The third test is called “The Leap of Faith” where he has to cross a chasm that has no apparent bridge. → Read more...
It’s Not Just You and Me in America
Last week, my attention was brought to a sobering news story about Christians in Iraq, a country that has already been ravaged by sectarian violence and religion disagreements taken to the extreme. Allow me to quote some of the article: “Archbishop Louis Sako … called on the U.S. military to do more to protect Christians and other minorities in the face of a rash of deadly attacks that has prompted growing numbers to flee the country. → Read more...
Groundhog Day
Today marks the first day of February, and boy, does it feel like it with the bone-chilling cold weather outside. Tomorrow we’re supposed to find out if we’re going to have six more weeks of winter or not thanks to Punxsutawney Phil. I thought it’d be fun to share a couple of tidbits about Groundhog Day that you may not be aware of. The celebration of Groundhog Day began with Pennsylvania’s earliest settlers. They brought with them the legend of Candlemas Day, which states, “For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl in May…” Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the 1800s. → Read more...
Noah, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Others and Love God
January 23, 2015
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