April's Top 5 Posts

April Reads Here is the summary of popular posts read during the month of April followed by the summary of the all-time top five posts on this blog. April Posts EntryPageviews Elijah & the Double Portion (First Guest!) Nov 1, 2012 144 Thoughts on the #BostonMarathon Tragedy Apr...

Salvation and Stuff

"I'm a little concerned right now about your salvation and stuff." How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? --Hebrews 2:3a NASB The Quote The Scripture The writer of Hebrews at the beginning of the book is primarily concerned with the preeminence of Christ in light of the things that have come before. Christ is greater than the prophets, because the prophets made...

Quote: Brennan Manning on Pseudo-spirituality

At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence,  many of us pretend to believe we are sinners.  Consequently, all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven.  As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo-repentance and pseudo-bliss. Brennan...

Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. MLK J...

Thoughts on the #BostonMarathon Tragedy

The blue headings in this post are used to show solidarity for the running community in light of the Boston Marathon Tragedy. Wearing my Princess Half race shirt to work today. Solidarity. #BostonMarathon #UnitedRunners #runnerd #tumblphoto #NotIntimidated via cjime008 Not what I expected I followed...

Brennan Manning: By the grace of God go I

Brennan Manning (Photo credit: Jordon)A great manI read the news of Brennan Manning's passing late last night on twitter. There was a sad outpouring over his death and thoughtful meditation on his wealth of quotable sayings. I have heard many people say positive things about Brennan. I have heard many...

A Better Duty and Easters

"Your only job is to cook. Do you not realize I have had diarrhea since Easters?"  "Ok, maybe I am not meant for these duties. Cooking duty, Dead-guy duty. Maybe it's time for me to get a better duty!" The Quote The Scripture Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? Imagine...

March 2013 Top Five Posts

This month was no world beater, but I am glad to have some sort of platform to distribute my thoughts on Christianity. For those of you who read this blog on my Wordpress site, these links will probably open in my main site: wetalkofholythings.com (powered by Blogger). Do not be alarmed, this is...