fear…there’s something to it…something useful. it’s not that God can’t use us when we’re not fearful but fear humbles in a way that useful. so now i’m useful…coz let me tell ya, i’m afraid! afraid of saying foolishness afraid of disgracing God afraid that… but why? okay…so the “useful” thing only goes so far. once…
Author: wordhabit
sermon…
i’m supposed to think about journeys. so instead of going to walmart with friends i’m going to ponder what a journey is both in dictionaries and in life (for the two aren’t always mirror images) and i’m going to use this space to do so. of all the spaces i enjoy, this virtual world is…
sermon
prep is good. eye opening. lovely. i sat by the track and observed 3 journeys in progress. it was quite fascinating to see how differently life plays out based on our varying needs: the barely 2 feet tall toddler is a soccer start in training. his dad must be patient and kick that ball around…
bad words that come out of your mouth
it just shouldn’t happen. it’s unfortunate. but sometimes we really don’t have more to say or we haven’t had time to plan our attack. it’s true…i’ve said some dumb things in my day. guess i feel okay about it coz i don’t have a huge platform, i don’t ever stand before thousands of people and…
music
makes me music breaks me it’s who i am and who i never want to be yet lives inside of me what’s your music? **** wrote that poem years ago…a decade at least. there’s more to it. that part is what i remember most vividly. the words flow across my mind (why do we talk…
crisp
i was looking at a friend’s facebook pics and there they were, several beautiful women posing in what looked like a crisp alberta air. i miss that crisp cold, the kind where you can make do with a sweater though you know you should really add a jacket. but this way you can draw your…
favourite album
sara groves’ “conversations” i’m listening to it today realizing that i REALLY like just about every song…a rare occurrence for anyone i’m sure. my friend justin asked me the other day if there’s an album i can listen to straight through and at the time i couldn’t think of any. now i remember. yay sara!…