tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131749292024-03-07T01:31:13.366-05:00Not My Own"If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?"
<pre> - Alexander Solzhenitsyn</pre>Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-30154980472414695532007-11-12T14:18:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:21:33.476-05:00Welcome to the NeighborhoodRead a great new blog today. Check out the latest entry.OK, so I'm biased!Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-17763434281389455212007-06-13T14:32:00.000-04:002007-06-13T14:36:00.928-04:00patience, patienceReidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-72953707044410615382007-06-10T06:40:00.000-04:002007-06-10T07:15:34.985-04:00uncertainty: heaven, family, relationshipsAfter all the kids were in bed and I was talking with my Dad and Granddad, a young man came downstairs saying that his stomach hurt. He had that look - a little anxiety mixed with the pain - that begged me to probe a little.He told me that he wasn't sure how to tell me what he had been thinking about. I explored his heart with a few questions? Then he began to talk. He had been thinking about Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-42386853038804260192007-03-02T12:29:00.000-05:002007-03-02T12:33:12.993-05:00STORY, Part 1“If you rewrite the past, you can make people believe whatever you want in the present” (Dr. Del Tackett – The Truth Project).There are many present day examples of attempts at historical revisionism (e.g., our nation’s founding fathers weren’t Christians and the principles undergirding our republic do not rely on the Bible, the Jesus Seminar tells us what Jesus “really” said and what he didn’t, Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-47632244700497062742007-03-01T08:22:00.000-05:002007-03-02T21:38:28.800-05:00Elvis SightedThe "Elvis" attractions in nearby Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee are obviously struggling. Elvis has been reduced to directing traffic.Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-46307555227014853402007-02-28T14:58:00.000-05:002007-02-28T15:19:03.835-05:00Resolve"to reach a firm decision about "Daniel resolved in his heart to remain pure - Daniel 1:8. What am I resolved to? And what is the difference between Daniel's resolve and my intention to do something worthwhile? Daniel took action. He didn't just think about what a great idea he had, he asked to eat nothing but veggies and drink water. Seems pretty simple - decide and do.I think what's missing Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-11270634489499050642007-02-28T08:11:00.000-05:002007-02-28T08:18:02.936-05:00diggin' inI need to be understood; whether I'm right or wrong, up or down, I want to be known. A lack of knowing and being known can cause so much pain.It happened last night: I wanted respect from my son, but there was something going on deep in his heart. It was like throwing a match in a gas can. After an hour or so of trying to express ourselves, we came to a place - not a perfect place - of Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1166524256305517162006-12-19T05:21:00.000-05:002007-02-27T09:25:25.456-05:00mysteryI've been thinking a lot about mystery and wonder this Christmas season, trying to recognize more of it in my life. You might enjoy the article copied below from NPR on mystery.Utterly Humbled by Mysteryby Richard RohrMorning Edition, December 18, 2006 ·I believe in mystery and multiplicity. To religious believers this may sound almost pagan. But I don't think so. My very belief and experience ofReidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1159877491747727342006-10-03T07:57:00.000-04:002006-12-19T05:40:02.833-05:00Lunch Box FaithAs my 6-year old son stretched and began to open his eyes this morning, he moaned that he didn't pack his lunch the night before (something his parents typically expect him to take care of), worried that he would head off to school empty handed. Anxiety over food, which we have plenty of, was his first thought today.Jesus said, "O you of little faith," (Luke 12:28) worried about food and clothingReidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1158931628549898152006-09-22T09:25:00.000-04:002006-09-22T09:29:27.920-04:00For Those Who Have Boys, Or NotI received this in an email and thought it was worth sharing.1.) A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4-inches deep.2.) If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.3.) A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a ! crowded restaurant.4.) If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1132677065798863852005-11-22T11:31:00.000-05:002006-12-19T05:17:12.493-05:00Sara Lee SpiritualityI had to laugh. Did you know that Sara Lee makes "Heart Healthy" hotdog buns? I mean, what's the point? (OK, I found them in my pantry, so I bought them.) You may laugh along, but isn't that the philosophy so many of us live (forget what we "say" we believe)? It goes something like this, "As long as I incorporate enough 'good' in my living, I'll be OK in the end; it doesn't really Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1131369277661714092005-11-07T08:02:00.000-05:002005-11-07T08:14:37.673-05:00"Ooooooooh Fudge!"I don't remember where we were last week when that line came up from "A Christmas Story." What a great movie, ranks up there with the other Christmas traditions like "It's A Wonderful Life."I had another flash back to "A Christmas Story" yesterday while we were at the park. It reminded me of the kid who stuck his tongue to the flag pole. While eating lunch at a picnic table, a metal one with Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1131129555760132102005-11-04T13:32:00.000-05:002006-09-26T13:34:10.993-04:00The Party LineI know I listen to too much talk radio. It's like having someone else go to the gym for me. But that's another subject.A couple of days ago I was listening to Rush. One caller, a soldier who spent time in Iraq as a medic, was telling Rush how he "converted" a fellow soldier from being a liberal (i.e., Democrat) to being a conservative (i.e., Right). Rush saluted the guy for "doing the Lord's workReidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1131038523458832122005-11-01T12:19:00.000-05:002005-11-03T12:22:03.473-05:00You Are Not Your Own“Do you not know that … you are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19).There is no such thing as a private life, or a place to hide in this world, for a man or woman who is intimately aware of and shares in the sufferings of Jesus Christ. God divides the private life of His saints and makes it a highway for the world on one hand and for Himself on the other. No human being can stand that unless he Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1130511935910956832005-10-28T11:05:00.000-04:002006-02-08T12:31:53.990-05:00extremitas cross Originally uploaded by reider. I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.Psalm 57:2Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1127158144908915162005-10-21T13:07:00.000-04:002005-10-21T14:22:02.996-04:00stirring the inner partsEmotions are powerful, like the wind: uncontrolable yet necessary, delivering sweet fragrance and laying low the beautiful, delicate and dangerous.Without emotion life is reduced to a statue, no will to move and be.Oh, that I could harness my emotions for good; not tame them but give them room to be.Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1126893948609281262005-09-16T14:05:00.000-04:002005-10-21T12:55:15.073-04:00How LongHow much longer will the pain endure?How much longer till they find a cure?How much longer till we reach the shore?How much longer, we must know the score?You are on a journey you know not where,Moving so rapidly from here to there.Have you chosen the right junction,Paused to ask the deeper question?Who am I and where am I goin'?Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1125675010914756282005-09-02T11:21:00.000-04:002006-12-19T05:19:16.323-05:00it's not that simpleI heard a guy on the radio today. New Orleans is his home. His house and family were spared from any serious damage. He said, "God really blessed us!"This is a common response when God does something "good" for us. And I put good in quotes because I think our definition is too short sighted and therefore flawed.Here's my question for you. If God really "blessed" this man the way he thinks God "Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1125070611700310722005-08-26T11:36:00.000-04:002005-08-26T11:36:51.706-04:00It's Too Small A Thing ...I may be spiritualizing this text a bit that refers to the Messiah and the scope of his ministry. The LORD said, “It is too small a thing” for Jesus to redeem the nation of Israel; the Messiah will bring salvation to the ends of the earth (Isa 49:6).This brings two things into focus for me. First, that planting a church is too small of a goal, and it isn’t specific enough. We could call ourselvesReidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1124395123249248322005-08-18T15:55:00.000-04:002005-08-18T16:02:42.183-04:00Turning Faith into Elevator MusicThere’s something about “Christian” legal organizations and the like that makes my stomach hurt. I don’t always like the decisions our government makes, be it congressional, presidential or judicial. I want our government to do more to protect the life of the unborn than the convicted murderer. And because I’m inclined to think issues like abortion are quite serious, it influences my involvement Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1124299764160237162005-08-17T13:26:00.000-04:002005-08-17T13:29:24.170-04:00Love Hurts, But That's What Makes It GreatDo we really know love, great love, apart from pain?I feel pain, an internal kind of heart pain if I sense that my wife is disappointed with me, or if I have done (left undone) something that has pained her. I may not be aware of the specific cause, only the apparent hurt because I know her. Pain is real.In love there is both trust and expectation. We expect that the one we love, the one who Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1121058933080240932005-07-11T01:10:00.000-04:002005-07-11T01:15:33.086-04:00squirrellywhy don’t they just make up their minds? their in the road, minding their own business when I intrude on their space. all of a sudden they panic. as fast as their little legs will move them, their off, doing their dead-level best to avoid mortality. something happens, but i’m not at all sure what. they about-face and run into my line of travel. what is it about these small brained creatures that Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1120737669045093112005-07-07T07:57:00.000-04:002005-07-07T08:01:09.050-04:00the way is hardGod’s grace produces men and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not pampered, spoiled weaklings. - Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His HighestFor it was fitting that he (Jesus), for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. - Hebrews 2:10Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1120678538343548852005-07-06T15:35:00.000-04:002005-07-06T17:52:31.806-04:00poverty desire Originally uploaded by reider. Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker - Proverbs 17:5God is Maker of the poor.Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13174929.post-1120254183836963692005-07-01T17:22:00.000-04:002005-07-01T17:50:22.416-04:00What's Your WorldViewMaybe I've been spending too much time at the John Welsey College library? My wife would definitely agree!I took this quiz and here's the verdict:You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317721340312327192noreply@blogger.com2