This is a “work sheet” so to speak, designed for new Christians and anyone else who feels they need to exercise their meditation muscles. Feel free to save this page to your desktop, if you wish. I also recommend printing these pages out, both for personal use and use in a discipleship setting. While I still prefer that you notify me first, you do have my full permission to share and or distribute this booklet (provided you’re not charging the recipient, that is. You don’t have to share the $, I don’t want people charging for this in the first place is all) If youRead More →

 Seems extra appropriate after the latest school shooting. Lord bemoans his forsaken Lambs Long ago a brother killed a brother Now our children carry on his legacy Pain, destruction, desolation, revenge These are the things Cain gave them A civil war takes place in our streets Brother against brother our Children fight For the right to destroy themselves They mock their mother’s crying heart And mimic forgotten fathers lost The rain falls as tears from above Washing Abel’s blood from the street Yet the dark legacy lives on still In our children’s angry hearts Where even Heaven’s host won’t tread Their guardian angels stand byRead More →

  Commandments on: Deuteronomy 4:2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you. Consequenses of: 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died forRead More →

by Andrea Graham © 2005 Annie and her little sister, Chrissie, sat on the floor as they watched Macys’ Thanksgiving Day Parade because the couch was piled high with boxes of dusty old magazines and lawn decorations. Annie only liked the last part of the parade where Santa Claus appeared, but watched the rest anyway because there was nothing else to do. Without cable, the little black-and-white TV only picked up one station. Their mother roused the two girls before dawn that day. They slept in the car on the way, then in the bed where their mother now folded laundry as she grumbled underRead More →

  by Andrea J. Graham Some days it seems the only thing we humans can agree on is that we disagree and how we respond to that disagreement is another point of disagreement! This disagreement is often colored in nice terms like “plurality” and “diversity”. Though Diversity makes for interesting dinner conversation (sometimes), and it can often be a very good thing (for instance, cultural diversity), but that isn’t a universal. Again, this is another point of disagreement among people. When it comes to religious diversity, suddenly, the fighting gloves come on—even among those who welcome Religious Diversity! There are two main points that whileRead More →