Sometimes pastors need to get away. There comes a point when you have handed out word, sacrement and counsel, and you find little left. Sometimes in sharing all the vision and encouragement you can, you need to refresh. If we as people give only from ourselves, we will burn out. Jesus withrew to lonely places. [...]

we may have ruined the planet. I know the rush limbaugh listeners are thinking “not that global warming mush,” but it is really not political. After all, i am a pretty conservative, second amendment kind of libertarian. It should not really come as a surprise either. Think about how much sin has messed up your [...]

The 1984 LINK so we are the product of many things that make us who are. Like the fact that i refuse to proof blogs. I am gratified that i have friends who have learned to accept this. But i was always attracted to standing against supression and for independance. I loved reading 1984 in [...]

So DeviantArt.com (don’t worry. the name makes my wife afraid, and maybe you 2, but the site is really ok…except for a few potty words and the odd B&W nude art shot. You have to make your own life calls on seeking those things or not) is having a photo contest. It is on the [...]