Category: Life Notes

Life Notes—March 15, 2012 “Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty.  The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’”   John 4:13-14 … Continue reading Living Water

Life Notes—March 8, 2012“Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.  When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, ‘Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.’  So they gathered them … Continue reading Making Much of Little

Life Notes—March 1, 2012“Just because something isn’t true, that’s no reason you can’t believe in it.  Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a (person) needs to believe in the most: that people are basically good; that honor, courage and virtue mean everything; that money and power mean nothing; … Continue reading Searching For Truth

Life Notes—February 23, 2012 “I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, … Continue reading Plato’s Cave

Life Notes—February 16, 2012 “Are any among you suffering? They should pray.  Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise.  Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.  The prayer of faith … Continue reading Sin and Suffering

Life Notes—February 9, 2012 “A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, ‘If you choose, you can make me clean.’  Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I do choose.  Be made clean!’  Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made … Continue reading The Leper and the Church-lady

Life Notes—February 2, 2012 “For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.  He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.  On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.  Trust in him at all times, … Continue reading Holy Irony

Life Notes—January 26, 2012 “Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ‘What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?  Have you come to destroy us?  I know who you are, the Holy One of God.’  But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silent, and … Continue reading Unclean Spirits

Life Notes—January 19, 2012 “Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s walk.  And he cried out, ‘Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!’  And the people of Nineveh believed God, they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth…When God saw what they did, how they turned from … Continue reading A Divine Change of Heart

Life Notes—January 12, 2012 “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose."  Romans 8:28  It was my birthday and the second day of training for my new job inTopeka.  Carrie and I were expecting our first child in two months and life was … Continue reading Why Now?