September 2, 2013

Quicksand: Getting Stuck in the Past or the Future

Do you remember the old Tarzan TV shows? The safari crowd is moving through the jungle and suddenly someone steps in the dreaded quicksand. “Don’t wiggle around!” I shout at the TV, because everyone knows doing that will just make […]
September 2, 2013

Distractions: TV

Satan Strategy Session circa early 1900’s:             “Okay demons, I know this sounds too good to be true, but the humans are about to invent something that is going to make our jobs incredibly easy. As a matter of fact this […]
September 2, 2013

The Sabbath: A Gift?

A year ago I was in New York listening to Eugene Peterson, author of The Message, talk about how much keeping the Sabbath has transformed his life. He went so far as to say it has transformed his preaching, his […]
September 2, 2013

To – From: The Gift of the Sabbath

“The savings bank of human existence is the weekly Sabbath.”1   Okay, I know you may be irritated – confused – stunned or just plain old bored with my meddling with your Sundays, but in love – and no small […]

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