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Oh Happy Day to my brothers and sisters in Christ this Easter Sunday!

Feel free to play the YouTube video if you like for background music.My husband sent me an e-mail from work today after reading yesterday's blog post.  He said it was pretty cool that our son drew a wolf in the picture of the church.  I didn't remember seeing a wolf, so I asked my son… Continue reading Is There a Wolf in the Church?

We've had a busy week on the blog discussing how dictators abuse their authority over their people and comparing their characteristics with spiritual abusers.  The last couple of days, we've read examples of the pastor recording private conversations without permission.  In contrast, the Bible talks about how pastors are to be like shepherds.  They do… Continue reading I Look to the Shepherd

My family and I spent quite a few hours on the road and are now at the Oregon coast enjoying a few days of spring break.It looks like we broke a record today on the blog in both number of hits and comments.  If you have not read the comments, please check them out.   So… Continue reading Chillaxin’

We've reached 5,000 hits on this blog! Woohooooooooo!!!!! 

Keith Green was a popular Christian singer when I was a teen.  I was told that if you didn't have money for his concert, he would never turn you away.  He also gave out his cassettes to people.  He had a very giving heart.  He also published a newsletter that I devoured and the information… Continue reading How Can They Live Without Jesus

Let Freedom RingChristian freedom assumes one's ability to critique Christian teaching. Only in cults and other oppressively authoritarian environments is the freedom to critique what is being said taken away. Even the Apostle Paul says it is a noble and honorable thing to not receive what you hear Christians say (just because of who is saying it),… Continue reading Christian Freedom

Two times this week I have lost posts. It appears there is a known issue with iPads and Blogger when editing posts. Now that I know, I'll be sure to type my posts elsewhere and have a backup. My apologies to those who found blank posts twice this week. Everything is fine now. Blank Posts

I ran across an interesting blog article (that is noted in my sidebar).  There is a 5-part series called, "The Dark Side of Spiritual Abuse" at The Barnabas Blog written by Philip Harrelson.Today I read Part 4 a number of times.  So much of it spoke out to me from my own personal experience or… Continue reading Leadership Styles

*** Psalm 42:1 1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. We had 6 visitors to our backyard yesterday and it reminded me of the song,  "As the Deer" ** ** Lyrics:  As the deer panteth for the waterSo my soul longeth after theeYou alone are… Continue reading As the Deer Pants