Spiritual Abuse

There are always trigger points to this blog and now it is time to change the subject because I have been pulled! So here it goes…I don’t know about you, but I am increasingly alarmed at how pervasive the problem of spiritual abuse is in the church is and how often it is accompanied by [...] Read more »

REFLECTIONS FROM THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Part 2

THE LEGEND OF “SATAN CLAUS” NEVER REALLY WENT OVER TOO WELL Stopping Christmas! But HOW? Then he got an idea! An awful idea!THE GRINCH GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!“I know just what to do!” The Grinch Laughed in his throat.And he made a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat.And he chuckled, and clucked, “What [...] Read more »

REFLECTIONS FROM THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

“Celebrate the spirit of Christmas” (words on a T-shirt). At this time of year you hear many people talking about getting into the Christmas spirit. What is the Christmas spirit?Can I even speak of the true spirit of Christmas without becoming politically incorrect? Oh, Ba Humbug on political correctness!The spirit of Christmas means different things [...] Read more »

CONSUME part DUH

Fed up with the over commercialization of Christmas? I so am. I am also fed up with how early Christmas stuff comes into the stores. I am fed up with the quest for presents and shopping. This asinine insistence that you have to drive yourself into near bankruptcy giving overpriced, unwanted gifts to everyone you [...] Read more »

The McChurch of Canada

We live in an incredibly rich country. The North American church tries to make following Jesus attractive and we try to get people into the door and tell people it is great, we tell them that we have ALL the programs just for them. “Just come to our church and all your dreams will come [...] Read more »

Thirsty?

Every once in a while I find myself in one of those times in life when the tension meter is up for several days. I find myself thinking, “I am going crazy” Other people will say that they need a drink. That’s kind of a soul check place in my life. When I think I [...] Read more »

A BIG THANK YOU!

I just to want to say a big HELLO and a BIG THANK YOU to all of you visiting my site from the US, United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, France, The Netherlands and various other parts of the world! Keep on coming by, maybe one day we will meet!!! Read more »

Just TOO FUNNY!

A friend pointed me to his website for his church, in that is this article….it is just too funny not to pass it on. So with his permission here it is. When people ask me how many hours a week I work I usually tell them about one and a half—depends on how long the [...] Read more »

What Can a Donkey Teach a Jackass?

Numbers 22:21-35 has a great story…Balaam (arguably a spiritual leader) got up one morning, saddled his donkey, and set out with the princes of Moab. This must have been quite a scene to behold. Accompanying Balaam were the dignitaries who had been sent to persuade Balaam to come and curse the people of God. Each [...] Read more »

I Walk Alone?

“Pilgrim’s Progress” was written by John Bunyan who, in 1675, was jailed for his faith. It is a novel about a person by the name of Christian. Christian is on a journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. On his way he passes through places such as the Slough of Despond, Doubting [...] Read more »

Stuck in a Moment

Have you ever faced this kind of moment – a moment filled with opportunity and yet you let it slip away? Have you ever known that you should have gone to the right but you went to the left? Has it ever been in your power to do good but you choose to do nothing? [...] Read more »