8May15 HAPPILY EVER AFTER (desplácese hacia abajo) When I was working with the Gwaymi Indians (Ngobe Bugle), I became friends with a witch doctor, named Septimo. We walked together for hours in the same direction every day and I tried to tell him about Jesus, and he said I want you to listen to my […]
THE Message
Mayday 2015 THE Message (Por favor, desplácese hacia abajo PARA ESPAÑOL) Our message needs to be singular, and to the point. I see that more and more as i look at my past blunders. My mistakes were always made when i took my eyes off the Cross of Calvary. When we meet others, and as […]
RELAX
24apr15 RELAX (Para español por favor, desplácese hasta el fondo) Relaxing is important. Prayer is CRITICAL for any believer. BUT the word relax, like pray, is a word that sounds nice, but is usually abused. Lazy people love to tell others to relax. Also. they love to avoid making a decision or not engage by […]
Encourage
17april15 Encourage Encourage is a french word,, ‘In Courage’. Encouraging someone isn’t like the song, being a little ‘blue bird sitting on their shoulder{ (which I have never personally seen BTW). Encouraging is being with someone to put them IN COURAGE. The world is a scary place. ESPECIALLY FOR AT RISK CHILDREN! There really ARE […]
Failures
9apr15 Failures (Por favor, desplácese hasta la parte inferior de la traducción española) (please scroll down to the bottom for spanish translation) Denis and his 6 sisters were taken by Mi Familia, a government organization. I feel like a failure. Good thing the word FAILURE is a Dean word, and not a God Word! I […]
Reborn
6 pictures and 6 stories (1) 02apr15 Reborn Nicodemus was a religious leader. Por favor, desplácese hasta el fondo para la traducción española. He knew all the fancy prayers, all the formulas for holiness. He even knew all the ways to get people to join his brand of religion. Jesus was a criminal, a radical […]
Reality
27mar15 Reality (Por favor, desplácese hasta el fondo de la Traducción Española) Many pastor kids and missionary kids have problems. They live in less that great conditions. Usually live pretty close to poverty. They see dad preach lovely sermons, mom giving money to help the less fortunate. Then at home they see their parents being […]
Apologies. (Desplácese hasta el fondo para el español.)
Why do we blow it so often? (Like I said, when I write these weekly thoughts, I am usually writing to myself!) There is nothing I would rather do than go back in time to undo and unsay things that I should have never said nor done in the first place. Even in these newsletters! […]
Sin
14mar15 Sin (desplácese hacia abajo para español) The spanish word for ‘without’ is ‘sin’. Interesting, isn’t it? ‘Without’ is a great discription of sin. Doing something without God’s approval (sinning) usually leaves you without a lot of things. Spouses, health, homes, possessions, money, happiness, friends etc. all tend to disappear when someone begins to let […]
GOOD MORNING
6mar15 GOOD MORNING (Para leer esta traducción en español, por favor, desplácese hacia abajo) I heard someone once say to a child, CHANGE YOU ATTITUDE! YOU HAVE 3 SECONDS TO DO SO. A little harsh, but for me it was on of those AHA moments. We choose our mood. Being told to do so is […]