Category Archives: Uncategorized

Sunday’s Sermon Today: Gideon – Perseverance

  No one wakes up in the morning and prays, “God, please increase my perseverance.” It just isn’t in us to want more perseverance – because the only way to grow perseverance is to be tested – over and over again – … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Sunday’s Sermon Today: David – Compassion (Character Counts Series)

David was a man after God’s own heart. He was also a courageous boy with a hand full of rocks, an outlaw and fugitive, a singer, an adulterer, a king, and a seeker. But in Second Samuel 9:1-12, he was something … Continue reading

Posted in Sermons, Theology, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Things Jesus Never Said: The World Is Going To Hell

I remember the voice more than I can distinguish the man’s features as I look back into my college career. (It’s getting farther and farther away, you know!) He would appear in the spring, when the weather was warm enough … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Letter To My Younger Self (A Mustard Seed Musing)

For my English class, I instructed students to write a letter to their younger selves to see what advice they could give, and what they might learn from the reflection. To be fair, I thought I should write one myself. I am … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Things Jesus Never Said: “Some Sins Are Worse Than Others”

I recently read a story told about a pastor who advertised his sermon titles several weeks in advance. One title was “How To Be Poor” and no one showed up. But one week, he advertised that the sermon would be “The 752 … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

My American (Mis)Adventures In Canada (Several Mustard Seed Thoughts)

O Canada! Niagara Falls is beautiful, the people are lovely, and … wow, what a ride. If you want to know how used to your own comfort you are, take a trip out of the country – even if the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

What To Watch: Ten Options From J.K. Rowling To Disney Shorts To National Security

Vacation and back to school will do a doozy to your schedule, especially a writing schedule! So here’s a list of what’s available now – and a few coming soon! Two Broke Girls: The Complete Fourth Season (out now!) -Twenty-two episodes … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Steve Berry’s The Patriot Threat: Terroristic Mathematics (Book Review)

The tenth Cotton Malone novel from Steve Berry finds our former Magellan Billet operative fighting a rogue North Korean despot and the legacy of the feud between American patriots, Andrew Mellon and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It’s also Berry’s first book … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Your Lenten Soul (A Mustard Seed Musing)

What is Lent? What does it mean for my soul?  Those are the questions I’ve been assigned to answer as part of another church’s Lenten series, and the ones I’ve been pulling apart, string by string, for the last few … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Song: Free Chance At A Lyrical Love Story (Review & Giveaway)

I’m a big fan of City on a Hill’s romance/drama The Song, based on the book of Song of Solomon from the Bible’s Old Testament. That’s not to say this is a Biblical epic, or that folks who aren’t up … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment