Category Archives: Living Stones

For Mature Audiences

In my life

I’m feeling disgruntled, ill at ease, nothing getting done, things being dropped. Where’s the Joy? What about the fruit of the Spirit? The love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness and self-control? ( Galatians 5:22-23) Has the Holy Spirit left me? Have … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones, Mental Floss | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Running the Race

Running?  Why would anyone run if they weren’t being chased?  What do you mean when you say “fun run”?  Isn’t that an oxymoron?  That’s what I used to think until about a year and a half ago when I started … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

A Pleasant Disquietude

It has been said that faith can be disruptive. This disruption or disturbance can be broken down into three basic part of a man’s life. For the unsaved there can be, however quiet or small, a disturbance in a person’s … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones, Spiritual Milk | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Plate Spinning: Multi-Tasking or Overloading?


I remember as a young boy being drawn into the flickering black and white images of The Ed Sullivan Show every Sunday night. For twenty-three years singers, dancers, comedians, tumblers, ventriloquists, Topo Gigio, Red Skelton, the Beatles, even the Rolling Stones … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones, Mental Floss | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Prayer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor that grew up in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi party. From a young age he became interested in ethics and moral character. Bonhoeffer served as a courier for the German resistance, … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones, Spiritual Milk | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

What’s so Amazing about Grace?

You can show effortless grace on the dance floor, say grace before you eat, be graceful, or be a disgrace. You can even get a grace app for your iPhone! There are many things to say about grace. You can … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones, Spiritual Milk | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Forgive

Forgiveness is difficult. If it were easy Jesus wouldn’t have taught us to forgive seventy times seven (Matthew 18:22). If it were easy there wouldn’t be over one hundred references to forgiveness in the Bible, sixty-four in the New Testament … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones, Spiritual Milk | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Just asking…

Just asking… As a believing Christian, do you really believe that what you believe is really real? If being Christian were a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you? If the Holy Spirit removed itself from your life … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Eat this!

Notes from Eugene H. Peterson’s book: Eat this book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading. Peterson is the author/translator of The Message Bible. In his book Peterson likens Spiritual Reading to a dog with a bone; biting, gnawing, … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones | Tagged , , | Comments Off

A Long Obedience

  Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “The essential thing in heaven and earth is. . . that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made … Continue reading

Posted in Living Stones | Tagged , , , | Comments Off