Category: spirituality

Humans have lots in common

September 22, 2010 | 4 comments

John Yemma reported in the Christian Science Monitor, “In 2000, when they released a rough draft of the human genome, biologists Francis Collins and Craig Venter pointed out that human beings are 99.9 percent identical genetically” (CSM, Sept. 20, 2010).

Set goals you can always reach

September 20, 2010 | 3 comments

Have you ever felt like a failure? All of us likely have at some point. But I’ve learned a lesson that prevents a feeling of failure. It’s learning to set goals you can always reach whether you measure up to

Thieves in the Temple

September 10, 2010 | 5 comments

I read another good book this summer, “Thieves in the Temple,” by G. Jeffrey MacDonald. “The Christian Church and the selling of the American soul,” is the subtitle, and gives you a quick sense of where he is going to

Christ saves us from the world

May 18, 2010 | 12 comments

I had a major Aha moment in church recently. I was pondering what all Christ saves us from. According to the Bible, Christ came to save us from sin. Right? Right. “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”

Interpreting people’s reactions

May 5, 2010 | 1 comment

While lecturing, I’m still learning the lesson to never judge a person’s thoughts by their facial expressions while they listen to me speak. I had two women in an audience recently, that absolutely looked like they wanted to be anywhere