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  • Now that the election is over, I worry about us

    I worry about us. Now that the battle that we call elections is over, I find myself not so disappointed in the election results — but more in my social networks. We shake our heads and get mad at how polarized our congress is, but they are our representatives — and we mere mortals are…

  • Hands without a Head

    God worked on me a little this week – with some new clarity that I thought I would share.  But to appreciate it, here are two quick unrelated pieces of background:   My previous spiritual walk – serving as a Head Until recently, I looked at a period of my life around 5 years ago…

  • I used to be prejudiced … against wizards and sorcery

    Yes, I admit it. I had pre-judged something, based on hearsay and fragments of information – specifically, the unsuitability of Harry Potter on children. My past As a bit of contextual reference, I was not raised in a religious family but Christ found me as a young adult (21). And over the past seventeen years,…

  • What if Joseph had other opportunities while working for Potipher?

    (background) Genesis 37-41 tells the story of Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, eventually ran Potipher’s house (who was captain of the Egyptian guard), betrayed by Potipher’s wife to land in prison, ended up running the prison. Eventually, translates Pharoah’s dreams and ends up running Egypt during their famine. One of…

  • Learning to laugh … and not take things so seriously

    In December, I was doing a post on my work blog – that included GoElfYourself.com and ScoogeYourself.com, basically putting photo heads on animated bodies of elves or scrooge and watching them dance.  http://blogs.technet.com/JBUFF/archive/2007/12/21/go-make-a-snowflake.aspx For the elves, my father-in-law had already put in the faces of my three kids — and I still laugh everytime I see…

  • New Years Resolution – Journalling

    Happy New Year — friends, family and others who find this space…   This year, one of my only resolutions is to journal more.  My quiet-times have been lack-luster for most of the last two hectic work months.  God has been offering me lessons, but I have been too busy to process them, much less…