Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Yesterday we talked about the don’t-pray-that trap. Imagine a child comes to your house for a playdate. You ask if she wants a snack. She sits at the table and says, “Yes, please. I’d like some milk, but not spoiled,…
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I got caught for a while in a prayer-trap, and after an online discussion showed me others experienced it too, I figured I’d blog it. It’s the “God As Horror Movie” trap. It goes like this: Be careful what you…
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I’ve recently come across several heartbreaking stories. There’s a prayer request up at one of my online boards for a Mrs. P whose husband abruptly decided to leave her and their 10 children (that’s not a typo) and apparently, if…
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While searching my hard drive, I came across this ad I wrote for The Wittenburg Door before they ceased publication. I believe they actually published it, so that makes this a reprint here on my weblog. If they didn’t publish…
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Last night, I thought about forgiveness and making things right. I think in general it’s assumed that when Party A forgives Party B, that Party B is in some respects let off the hook (so to speak) and that Party…
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I was asked to help out with a local church’s Vacation Bible School, and somehow I stumbled through the first day, Kiddo #4 attached to my hip, herding the kids from activity to activity. (Job title: Youtherd.) I’ve been nervous…
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Wednesday is the day for the Glorious mysteries, the third of which is the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. When the Holy Spirit descends, He’s described as shaking the earth and making the noise of a loud…
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I’ve been following the Gulf oil disaster story, and I’m increasingly more horrified by what we’ve done to our world. It’s looking now as if we’re going to be facing the worst case scenario, and that due to damage to…
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I have an interesting experiment: let’s have the Catholic Church turn the altars back around. See, I’m a post Vatican II Catholic, and I’ve grown up with the priest doing his thing facing the laypeople during the Mass. It’s fine…
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In a recent discussion about Catholicism, someone told me that she disagrees with the position of the Virgin Mary in Catholicism because “God does not share His glory,” and to back that up there’s a passage in Isaiah where God…
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