This year has been an interesting Christmas. Without question there is the importance of celebrating and recognizing Christ’s coming to earth This year has been an interesting Christmas. Without question there is the importance of celebrating and recognizing Christ’s coming to earth with significantly reflects the truth of my faith. The story of the incarnation [...] Read more »

Who started rumor that “X” in Xmas an attempt to cross out Christ’s name? Since Anglo-Saxon times X stood for Christ . . .Not too long ago I was listening to the radio and there was a big debate about the proper usage of holiday greetings. Of course, many ‘christians’ called in complaining about keeping [...] Read more »

Breast Cancer, Movember, soon we will hear the bells of the Salvation Army ringing for Christmas. There are a million ways to give to charity and a million charities to give to. We at Soul have made a push to join Habitat for Humanity to help make a difference in our community and I must [...] Read more »

What can you do with $10? Someone replied to that very same question with the answer of “not much!” To which really got me thinking. If $10 is not all that much, then it should not be very difficult for people to help contribute in a simple fund raiser for Habitat for Humanity. After all, [...] Read more »

Came across this blog post…and I have to share it with you… 5 Meaningless Apologies…and one that works You’ve probably experienced it before, maybe more times than you care to count. You know…somebody apologizes to you, but the apology is cluttered with background noise. Rather than a sincere apology where the offender takes full responsibility [...] Read more »

“The best argument for Christianity is Christians: their joy, their certainty, their completeness. But the strongest argument against Christianity is also Christians – when they are somber and joyless, when they are self-righteous and smug in complacent consecration, when they are narrow and repressive, then Christianity dies a thousand deaths. But, though it is just [...] Read more »

I found this article and I thought I would share it! Since I get scores of emails every day, I am dumbfounded at how people often misuse this medium. “Therefore, I would like to humbly offer up 18 suggestions for better e-mail communication and etiquette:1. Understand the difference between “To” and “CC.” As a rule [...] Read more »

Winston Churchill said, “The day may dawn when fair play, love for one’s fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene and triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.” Churchill longed for a day of justice and [...] Read more »

Are there mistakes that you cannot recover from? Below is a post from another blog and I am interested in your thoughts…The author first defines that there is a difference between mistakes of competency and mistakes of character. Mistakes of competency is something that we all can recover from. It is like learning to ride [...] Read more »

Is God real? Does He care? Is He even there? Is He there for me? All questions sincere people ask all the time. Why? Because they’ve experienced heartache. They have been disappointed. They have been disillusioned.What do I mean when I say disillusioned? I’m talking about you having certain negative realities discourage you, bring you [...] Read more »

In this life we live, we will all suffer a serious blow of one kind or another. The question is how do we handle it? On a personal note, we lost my father to cancer in October, and then in May we lost our son Josiah. That was a double whammy. One loss was “expected” [...] Read more »

That is correct….we are logging back on! Our time away is finished and it is time to get back into the swing of things. This Sunday is a do not miss! The topic is “Trusting God in the Tough Times.” Would love to see you and hear from you…. Gerry Read more »

For the few weeks, I’ll be taking some much-needed time off and won’t be posting on here…Unless I think of something I just have to post immediately, or get bored…Actually, I plan to unplug for a number of weeks and will post again in August. Enjoy your summer! Read more »

Most people look at Genesis 39 and use it for some valuable lessons to teach us how to face temptation, but I do not believe that is the central message which was intended for us to learn here. The thread which ties the entire narrative of chapter 39 together is the theme of suffering! Few [...] Read more »

So, I don’t know about you, but we had a good time of unplugging for this last long weekend. Nothing beats hanging with the family and friends. However, in Sunday we continued our walk through Genesis and stopped at chapter 38 with the story of Judah and Tamar. I have never heard the story of [...] Read more »