Don’t be so negative!

I believe most people define Christianity negatively. By that I mean they define religion by what they have to give up. No drinking, no cursing, no fun. I don’t think that is the way Christ looks at it though. I believe the gospel clearly shows that if you are filled with the Holy Spirit you will naturally move toward more Godly behavior. It’s a positive not a negative. For example in Galatians 5:16 Paul says,”But I say to you, walk in the Spirit and you will deny the desires of the flesh.” The order of that sentence is very important. He did not say deny worldly things and you will be filled with the Spirit. He said walk in the Spirit first. Be filled with the Spirit and what is important to the world will not be important to you.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Yea 2009!

Where did she get those curls from?

Me!

Larry Update

I realized the other day that I was remiss in letting my vast blog audience know how my brother Larry is doing. He was at my house for Thanksgiving and I’m happy to report he is doing really well. The highlight of his visit was sitting in my backyard under my Christmas lights and smoking a couple of cigars he bought us. It was good to see him up and about.

Given the extent of his injuries it is remarkable that he is already by and large self sufficient. The next step will be to get him back to work. I think that will be well after New Year’s due to the physical nature of his work. Thankfully he has an awesome job and is getting full pay while he is recovering.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!

Odd Things I Saw Today

A man washing a pear in the bathroom sink at my office.

The Sleeping Giant

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

- Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamo

The giant sleeps
The alarm blares
The giant rolls over
and goes back to sleep

- bill