Entries from April 2008

April 29, 2008

Faith Stories

Trespassers Will Be Baptized is the creative and whimsical title of a new book written by Elizabeth Emerson Hancock.

It is a memoir of her experiences growing up throughout Kentucky as a Baptist pastor’s daughter. One reviewer comments, “This is as close as you can get to Southern church life without eating your weight in Velveeta,” [...]

April 24, 2008

A Shameful Silence

The sad reality of suicide is a decision, once made and successful, that becomes irreversible. Once final, there is no second guessing, no second chances and no last saves. It is a terrible, heart-wrenching experience for the survivors compounding the already painful experience of loss, separation and grief. Even worse, suicide seems to be [...]

April 16, 2008

Tracking My Faithfulness

The numbers are astounding.

In a typical lifetime, each American will contribute 64 tons of waste to a landfill, 13 tons will be plastic.

As a nation, 60 million plastic bottles are thrown away everyday, that’s 694 bottles every second.

Our nation also throws away 11 million tons of glass bottles every year, equivalent to 440 Titanics or [...]

April 10, 2008

Undecided…?

Are we really that easy to manipulate?
Leave the Herd.
READ,
THINK,
VOTE !

April 2, 2008

Beatitudes of a Prophet

Blessed are the poor in spirit, who also are rich in wisdom.
Blessed are those who mourn, who also are not afraid of death.
Blessed are the meek, who also are not timid.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, who also are not spiritually smug.
Blessed are the merciful, who also are not weak.
Blessed are the [...]