bibles

When someone invests into the unique call that God has placed on your church, there’s no stopping them. They’re inspired by what the future holds.

British pop group Coldplay released their latest album several days ago, and there is one song in particular that interests me: Violet Hill.

Not since the Tinky Winky and SpongeBob SquarePants scandals has the world of children's entertainment been rocked by such controversy. If the Christian fundamentalists weren't pleased when NBC removed religious references in VeggieTales, the following revelation is sure to have them beating their Bibles: Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato are actually big ol' fruits!

So it turns out the separation of church and state is sort of a big deal, at least according to a federal judge who on Thursday ordered a Wilson County school to stop promoting Christianity.

It happened years ago in that awkward time in Sunday school adult bible study when everyone sat in silence after the teacher asked us “Does anyone have any praise or prayer requests?”

We looked at the floor, folded the morning’s handout into a rectangle small enough to fit into our bibles, and stared at the floor some more.

I spent today up in the mountains. I have loved Cades Cove since the first time I went there many years ago. I was a wonderful day. My friends and I saw bears (many bears), wild turkeys, snakes (yuk), deer, and other various animals. My favorite was spending time in the old churches.

I was talking about the Colson article with my mom on the phone and it set me on a mental tangent.

Did you know that the first date Barack took his future wife Michelle on, was to see "Do The Right Thing"?

What do you think of Obama?

On Tuesdays Gabriella and I are going through the bible like it’s one big story - because, well, it is.  We’re in Exodus 3 and 4 right now, the tale of Moses, the burning bush, “Let my people go,” the plagues and all of that.

We closed our bibles and started talking about what she’d just read and she was more talkative than usual.

T' was the night before Jesus Body: Twas the night before Jesus came, and all through the house, not a creature was praying, not one in the house. Their Bibles were laid on the shelf, without care, in hopes that our Jesus would not stop there. The children were dressing, to crawl into bed,...