Holiness Reeducation

What can sledding teach us about God? How will upheaval in Egypt affect Christians there? Are there good Christian movies out there? All this and more in today’s ramblings…. Sledding and the Church Gretchen was out of town for a day this weekend so it was just the kids and I left to our own […]

For the last couple of weeks this song called The Hands of the Healer has resonated in my soul. May it add some worship to your day as well.

Reading through President Obama’s State of the Union address, it is striking to hear imagery and ideas that are so appropriate for the church. With some tweaking this speech is really a message we need to hear as the Church in America. So here, with some revisions to the President’s address is a brief State […]

What is God saying to me right now? How will I respond?   For a year or so those two questions have been hanging on the wall over my desk. They are the questions that haunt/inspire/perplex/reshape my daily life. The ability to listen to the voice of God and respond is central to life as […]

I need to rant for a minute I was going to write that Mondays are for Jay Cutler Ramblings, but I couldn’t make it through the second half of the sentence. What do you even say about watching someone lie down and quit like the QB for the Bears did yesterday? He may have injured […]

What a remarkable story out of NY today. Over 20 years ago an infant with a fever was stolen out of a NY City emergency room. The young girl was never found, but her parents always believed she was alive. Now she has been reunited with her mother and family. Nance was on her way […]

Do you ever worry that you let the most important moments in your life slip by without realizing it?   As a sports fanatic dedicated to frustrating and occasionally prosperous teams, I always know when it is my teams moment. Last year when Maryland’s basketball team encountered a perfect storm of strong seniors, a powerful […]

A Polish Catholic church has a vial of the late Pope John Paul II’s blood and is about to put it on display. Continuing the long practice of displaying relics in the church, this church is actually going to encase the vial in crystal and install it into an altar. Sionko said the idea came […]

Do we really honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? On a day when the federal government, and many states are on holiday in honor of Dr. King, I wonder whether we truly honor him or simply use him for our purposes. As a Christian I view Dr. King in many different lights. He had the […]

Are there any part of my life that God has continually asked for and I have steadfastly refused to turn them over? Is there a particular behavior or pattern that God has asked me to change that I will not? What evidence is there that I am closer to God today than I was a […]