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Here’s Your Sign

I don’t wear crosses. They bother me. I know I’m too literal about them but, to me, it’s like wearing tiny electric chairs or nooses as jewelry. The cross was an ugly instrument of humiliation, oppression, torture and death. Coating it with gold or painting a rose on it, for me, diminishes the truth and …[ read more ]

Are You a Coward?

Cowardice is a sin. Did you know that? That shocks me every time I remember it. Maybe because I seldom hear it preached. We modern American Christians are pretty soft. We think we’re being persecuted if someone looks at us funny because we have our Bible out at lunch time or if we catch someone …[ read more ]

I Am Not OK

So, this morning my local newspaper is running an article about post-traumatic stress disorder and lists common symptoms people experience following a disaster. I am dismayed to see how many of the items I can check and as a gentle rain falls outside my bedroom window I now find I am particularly annoyed by the …[ read more ]

The Wrong Kind of Bird

When our children were very young, one of my son’s friends told another of their friends that her family was “more Christian” than theirs because they didn’t celebrate Santa Claus at Christmas – only Jesus. She was a child and it was a childish thing to say But, we do that, don’t we? Compare ourselves …[ read more ]

Did He or Didn’t He? The Question We ALL Have to Answer.

I once heard a sermon from a minister who was trying to please everyone (never a good idea). This minister was preaching about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and said “There is some controversy over whether or not Jesus ACTUALLY rose from the dead but in the end, it doesn’t really matter. All that matters …[ read more ]