My brother is running for reelection in Greenwood County, Kansas. If you are there during voting time, remember to vote early and vote oft...
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Just Over One Year
Last June, I began this blog. I have posted more regularly than I thought I would. I am wondering if anyone has benefitted from anything posted.I began tracking hits through ClusterMaps (see to the right) beginning June 22, 2007. Here is a map of the hits for the last year up to today. (Click the picture to see a larger image or click the map on the right side of the screen)Granted, many of these hits are just people who pop on the blog, see it is...
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Rob and His Tree
On Thursday, May 29, I drove my mom and my daughter to Lawrence, Kansas to up keep my brother's memorial tree. My brother, Rob, passed away May 2, 1994 and instead of being buried in a graveyard, his memorial is a tree at the public library in Lawrence. We went up and clean out the weeds and overgrowth and then planted new flowers. Since he worked in the reference area, they called him "Robbie Reference." Here is some pictures of Rob's tree. Here...
Friday, June 06, 2008
The Funniest Thing I Heard Today - 6.6.08
All its going to take is your complete cooperation, absolute secrecy, and twenty live turkeys. Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson played by Gordon Jump on the Turkeys Away episode of WKRP in Cincinna...
My Help Comes from the Lord
(See the Addendum to this post here)The second Psalm of the Ascents is Psalm 121. Psalm 120 expressed the psalmist dissatisfaction with living where he is at and his longing to go home. It marks the beginning of his journey. Our current psalm, Psalm 121, is about his journey. He has set out and is traveling to Jerusalem. And on his journey, he knows the Lord will keep him safe. Read Psalm 121 (NASB, NIV, KJV)The word for "watch" or "keep" is used six time in these eight verses (3, 4, 5, 7-2x's, 8). It is about God watching over his people when...
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Longing to Go Home
Psalm 120 is the first of the fifteen Psalms which are entitled Psalms of Ascents. There is several debates on how these psalms were used. Most hold that they were sung by those who had to travel to Jerusalem for the different festivals which the men had to be present. Some old Jewish teaching indicates that perhaps the Jewish priest sung one of these psalms on each of the fifteen steps leading up to the temple. However, they were used, they were an important part of the Jewish ritual system and religious life. Psalm 120 is a great start to these...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Mind Cramping - Your Input Needed
I have been attempting to develop two sermon series for several weeks now. The first is a series through the book of Haggai. I have been enjoying the study and hope to post some thoughts about it in the next few days. I have also been attempting to develop sermons from the psalms of ascension (Psalms 120-134). I recently taught through Psalm 119 and thought I should continue through Psalms. I realize it is not the same as preaching through Ephesians, or Genesis, or even Haggai. Hebrew poetry is a challenge, which I why I want to work through it....
Monday, June 02, 2008
Blogging....But Not Here
I have not blogged here for a while but I have been blogging. I started a new blog recording my new hobby. You will have to read it to find out what I have been up to...not that you do not have any thing better to do. Click Here to read my other blog: A Turn of Events. Or you can click the link to the right. I will get back to these things but I am having fun playing right n...
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