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  • What They’ll Say When I’m Arrested
    Saturday, August 21st, 2010     Lori Roeleveld     8 Comments

    Ever watch those “on the street” news interviews with friends and neighbors when someone has been arrested? They find the person’s brother or cousin, a neighbor or an aunt and ask them about the accused. Sometimes the person is standing in a screen door under a porch light “I’ve got nothing to say to you …[ read more ]

  • How To Shipwreck Your Faith
    Thursday, August 19th, 2010     Lori Roeleveld     4 Comments

    Have you ever been in the Doldrums? According to Wikipedia, the doldrums “also called the “equatorial calms”, are the calms and light baffling winds at the intertropical convergence zone. The zone is a band, encircling the Earth just north of the equator, where the winds from the northern and southern hemispheres come together.” “The Doldrums—the …[ read more ]

  • Like the Road Crew for KISS – The Motley Crew Called the Church
    Tuesday, August 17th, 2010     Lori Roeleveld     Start the Conversation

    Do you think God didn’t know we would irritate each other? Besides the fact that He created us and has been attentive to our sinful proclivities since the Garden, He also chose to hang out as one of us and really mix it up with the dust into which He breathed life. He gets how …[ read more ]

  • Don’t Go to Church This Sunday – A Challenge to All American Christians
    Saturday, August 14th, 2010     Lori Roeleveld     12 Comments

    Here’s a thought. Don’t go to church this Sunday. I mean it. The whole country is discussing the widespread hypocrisy of the American church and it can’t be argued. The hypocrisy is there. We see it ourselves. There are enormous problems with the church as an institution. So, don’t go to church this Sunday. I …[ read more ]

  • Anne Rice is Right – And Wrong – And I’ve Been Caught in Sin
    Friday, August 13th, 2010     Lori Roeleveld     7 Comments

    I hate getting caught, don’t you? Getting caught doing something wrong rates right up there with one of life’s greatest discomforts, a top ten situation to avoid. But it happens. Not long ago, I stood up a friend for coffee. I let my schedule get out of control and I completely forgot our plans. Not …[ read more ]