What does the word community mean to you? I don’t mean the dictionary definition, but rather what images, beliefs, and feelings does the word connote for you when you hear it spoken or see it on the page? I ask because I was surprised at how many negatives I had associated with the use of it. ...

I was reading a post over on Shane’s blog and had responded to it, when I realized that perhaps I needed to expand on a few of the ideas I was hitting on. With that preamble out of the way, here is what started the whole thing going; the quoted material below came from this article on the New ...

Saw this coming a mile away as I was doing my nightly reads; Shane got tagged by Andy, who then tagged Angel, who then tagged me. The funny thing for me, for as long as I’ve been online, this is the first meme I’ve ever done online (well, not counting the round robin emails that were pop...

As a side effect of aging, coupled with years of having my ears near guitar amplifiers, cymbals, and other assorted musical instruments, as well as my current job which adds in the sounds of jet engines, I’m getting a little harder of hearing these days. Mind you, I’m not deaf by any stretch, bu...

Before anyone calls me a Grinch (which designation I’d happily accept, given the outcome of the tale), I’m going on record as not having been fond of a lot of what we now call holidays - holy days - since I started reading and researching them. If you are caught up in the cultural thing,...

Almost every day, I run across some great posts on the blogs I surf. With nearly the same frequency, though, I find myself a bit frustrated. Is it my imagination, or is the practice of Christianity now to be of less importance than the terminology, and the personalities more important than the princ...

To get the obvious question out of the way, the title comes from Keith Green 1 (though the song title isn’t posed as a question - that’s my hook), and not my cat’s (or my) favorite thing to be doing. Now that it is out of the way, however, I have to say that the question - are we asleep in the...

Since I’m a guitarist/singer/songwriter, I’m naturally attracted to lyrics. The following quote is lifted from a song by Kerry Livgren and his band AD, circa the 1980’s: Welcome to the war - there is no neutral ground Welcome to the life of war Welcome to the war - no escape can be...

At this hour of the morning, while a snow storm is piling up beauty and nuisance outside our door, all is quiet as I think on two things that made today a blessing for me, and for others, and I thank God for the work He continues to do in the lives of those who love Him - as well as in the lives of ...

Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of it. Nowadays most people hardly think of Prudence as one of the ‘virtues’. In fact, because Christ said we could only get into His world by being like children, many Ch...