Tag: spiritual mindedness

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

Enjoy the journey

August 19, 2010 | 5 comments

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” I don’t know who said it, and I’ve heard it many times over the last 20 years, but until this last weekend its meaning has never fully computed for me. I was in

Grow healthy crops

August 6, 2010 | 2 comments

When I worked on the family farm, a lesson dad taught me about growing crops is, that if you keep your crop healthy, strong and growing vigorously, there is much less chance of weeds and disease taking over. A healthy

Young people leaving church

May 13, 2010 | 4 comments

I read a front page article in USA Today, April 27th, titled “Young adults less devoted to faith.” The first paragraph reported, “Most young adults today don’t pray, don’t worship and don’t read the Bible…” The article continues to report

Jesus’ goals and aspirations

April 21, 2010 | 6 comments

I was praying this morning to better understand how to “put on the mind of Christ.” What is going on in the “mind of Christ?” I asked. What does the mind of Christ think about? I wondered. And then it