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Shock Value and Judges 19

I recently was listening through the book of Judges and a story I had not previously taken particular note of (imagine that, as you read on…) caught my attention for the first time. And a little further reading embedded some new facts into my mind for biblical stories and history. I think a valuable part of truly learning and remembering something is getting to retell it in your own words. I’m going to do that, knowing I may get a...

Of Elephants, Eggshells and Emperors

Silence. Appeasement. War and Worship. When there is the proverbial “elephant in the room” people may maintain a kind of silence, if not outright denial. “Shhh…don’t mention that elephant.” “What elephant?? I don’t see any elephant.”When there is the proverbial “walking on eggshells” people are very, very careful what they say. There is an appeasement to some “elephant-of-a-god” hanging over the particular space, or relationship. I wonder, why eggshells? Why isn’t it glass that is being carefully tip-toed over? I...

Thoughts About Stars, Moons and Rainbows

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,  and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.  God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.  God set them in the vault of the sky to give light...