In his book Read the Bible for Life, George Guthrie makes a point several times to encourage students of the Bible to always ask the questions "What does this story tell me about God?" and "How does this passage fit into the bigger picture of Scripture?". The passages for this week's readings through the Chronological [...]
Category: Scripture
Chronological Bible: In the Beginning
Happy New Year, 2018! I'm not normally up at midnight, but since I woke up from the fireworks next door (sorry to disappoint you), I thought I'd begin the new year with a new idea. Now that I'm actually retired and theoretically should have more time available, I think I'll write a weekly blog entry [...]
Retired!
As of today I am retired (again)! For those who don't know my story, I was a high school and university teacher for 30 years (Physics and Geology, primarily). I retired in May, 2013 and 1 week later was employed again as a trainer for an oil and gas software company. That career was only [...]
Monthly Musings: Reflections on Marriage and Divorce
I've been rather lax lately in providing updates. I've been traveling a lot for business and frankly, there just hasn't been much to report. I have 50 days left until I retire and perhaps then I'll be able to make more frequent reports on progress toward our Watchmaker's Pulse RV adventures. For this post, though, [...]
Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So
I was reading in Psalms the other day (actually I read this one quite a few days ago, but I've been thinking about it and revisiting it several times since). As Christians we hear a lot about Jesus' Great Commission to us to "go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the [...]
