Wordless Wednesday

A Guy With A Soft Spot for Ducks

I heard this week of a guy named Joel in Spokane who was looking out his window at the downtown Sterling Bank.  He had watched a duck,  two weeks before build a nest in the awning of the bank 10 feet above the sidewalk and later lay 9 eggs.  Two weeks later the eggs all …

I've Got No Monkey For An Uncle

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/app/flash/SkyvideoWrapper.swf?playerType=embedded&type=sky_prod_v7&videoSourceID=1907075&flashVideoUrl=/feeds/skynews/latest/flash/link_p8725_190509.flv Yesterday's National post had a story about how a new fossil has been discovered that scientists believe (hope or wish) serves as the missing link on the evolutionary chain between monkeys and man. Before I go any further I want to be clear where I stand on the evolution debate. There are, in this …

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Star Trek Protest

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A Solution Looking For a Problem

In 1917 Einstein suggested in a research paper that it should be possible for a 'stimulated beam of light' to be produced under the right conditions and after much research, in 1960 Theodore Maiman invented the ruby laser, considered to be the first successful optical or light laser in the world; but there is some …

A Beautiful Bloody Atonement

Today a highlight of the time our church family spent together was with my friend reading from the words of a beautiful song called New Again by Brad Paisley & Sarah Evans that was inspired by the movie The Passion (maybe you've heard of it 🙂 ) Click the link above to listen to the …

Beating Paul Into Submission

16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is …

Church For Today

I finished an intensive short course at McMaster today called Church For This Generation and the Next: Contemporary Models of Church Ministry. It is taught by Dr. Lee Beach (standing right behind me) and it was tremendous. With a small class size the discussion was very vigorous.  My head was full by Wednesday and what …