I found out that the Tuscola County Advertiser had this article in their paper on August 11th. I went and got copies today after work. It’s funny because there is just one line about the Faster Pastor race, yet I got the headline! Here is the long anticipated (hehe) picture of me with my trophy, [...]
Archive > August 2007
MPS (Metabolic Profile System)
Last summer I finished losing a lot of extra weight I had gained from my two pregnancies. I was in a program called MPS Weight Loss and Wellness. I did really well on the program, which was partly due to the fact that I am still young and my metabolism bounced back more quickly and [...]
This Week's Sermon
As a wrote in my last post, I preached on the Sabbath this week. My sermon prep was very interesting. I kept trying to work on my sermon but every time I tried, I would get interrupted. I must admit that some of it was my own doing, but not most of it. One day, [...]
The Sabbath
Today I preached on the Sabbath. Following is my sermon outline. I may do another post that more clearly says what I found to be a true Sabbath. We’ll see. How do we fulfill the Sabbath? Date preached: 08/26/07, Sebewaing RCL Proper 16C Text: Luke 13:10-17 and Isaiah 58 Subject: How do we fulfill the [...]
Jabez's Prayer
I started reading The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkerson the other day. I have to admit that I tend to shy away from reading or doing things that have gone through a “fad phase”. Sometimes it seems like things get too popular and everyone does something simply because they want to be part of [...]
My Theological Worldview
About two years ago, I took a quiz on my theological world-view. I was curious whether my thoughts had changed in two years, so I retook the quiz this morning, here is a comparison of my results: October 2005 (click here for previous post and meaning of Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan) Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 93% Neo orthodox [...]
My Gift from God (…will I rejoice?)
Today I read chapter 4 in Lessons I Learned in the Dark by Jennifer Rothschild. She wrote about rejoicing in your God-given gifts; especially the difficult ones. If most people wrote that, it would not be as powerful as when she, a blind woman, writes it. If she can rejoice in her God-given difficult gift, [...]
Where is the line?
My husband and I are friends with another couple. Recently, we noticed that they were dressing much more conservatively than before. The women (wife and 2 girls; one teenager and one pre-teen, I think) are now wearing head coverings and long dresses and the men (husband and teenage boy) are wearing pants, rather than shorts, [...]
Is Tithing a New Testament Requirement?
EDIT: (11/1/07) These were my initial thoughts on the subject of tithing in the New Testament and I have written a new post clarifying these thoughts. Please read it as well. It really does clarify my jumbled thoughts! Last night, I had quite an interesting conversation with my mom about tithes and how much our [...]
A Christian Leader
This morning I started reading two different books. They are: Lessons I Learned in the Dark by Jennifer Rothschild and In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen. I started by reading the introduction and chapter 1 of Lessons I Learned in the Dark. Then I read some of In the Name of Jesus. Later [...]
