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Why I Quit Going to Church
Originally posted on Intermission:
? During the past few years, Sharon and I have visited numerous churches. We were counting just the other day and realized we have been to at least two each of Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, Assembly of God, Catholic, and non-denominational, in addition to countless Baptist churches. However, for the last two…Verseless New Testament: 1 Corinthians (Part 2)
Also, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual men, but as fleshy, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not food, for you were not able to eat it. But now you are still not able to eat, for you are still fleshy. For whereas among you […]
Verseless New Testament: 1 Corinthians (Part 1)
This is a translation from the Greek. It is not meant to be a “new translation,” but to encourage those who have chosen to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, that they will also study the text, and do their own “translations” from studying the text in the Koine Greek. I can testify that reading and studying […]
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Tag Archives: birds
table for one
the warm weather is fading with the green…with views unspoiled by the summer crowds. many of the tourists have tucked their bags away for another season, leaving me with a wide menu of table options. table for one, with a view of … Continue reading
Rhino Dreams
Baby, Mommy, and Daddy Rhinos What do rhinos dream of? when do rhinos play? what gets rhinos riled up and what makes a rhino’s day? do they see just left and right with that big horn and huge … Continue reading
a night at the opera: incessant bird outside my window
a bird outside is yakking the night away again- just outside my window i have never heard such non-stop joyfulness in about six different songs from any feathered creature…that lasted this long. over an hour. ugh. i just opened … Continue reading
side-road symphony for one
you will find dirt like this on the moon. lovely gray stuff. but here- beside roads bleached by lime and sun. gray-white lanes snaking through countryside…abandoned to reversion…their tails gently disappearing over rises subtle and severe, waiting for the next … Continue reading
new post alert…new post alert…
i just wrote another piece on my other blog. Look for “Mr and Mrs Boring,” or “The Adventures of Mr and Mrs Boring.” The new post is entitled “Mr and Mrs Boring and the Bird Man” and is the first … Continue reading
Gravity is for the birds
I have to admit- “online dating” sites are amusing, though not particularly beneficial for a guy like me. Some sites seem to reel in a different kind of fish- those that smell to high heaven. Others offer vixens that believe … Continue reading
My lugubrious peasant life
or…”Ode to a lovely field of mud.” yonder pile of fetid mud, so tender to the touch contains the thatch remains I must tend to very much. I have no time for politics no lengthy words or speech my life … Continue reading
What do you think?
“Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much … Continue reading
Apologies are for the birds
Climbing…deep breaths, sweat beads, heart beating in my head…curving up a switchback…rawrrrrr!…what the heck is that?…what?…two guys- standing on the side of the mountain in a man-made meadow…with chainsaws? Excuse me, but I’m on this trail and I came out … Continue reading
