Religious and Cultural Holidays
About ten years ago I asked a co-worker who happened to be Jewish if Hanukah and Passover were religious or cultural holidays. His response was “both, you can’t separate the two.” I started thinking about the Christian holidays. Religion and culture have been taken out of them and they’ve become marketing holidays. Thanksgiving was originally a day of thanks to God for a successful

Was I Bible Illiterate?
When I was a new Christian in the infancy stage, I now consider myself a toddler, I would hear someone’s interpretation of the bible and figure it had to be true. When I discussed the bible, which was rarely, I’d say “I heard …..” or “Bob said…..” After all, that person has been Christian longer than I have, they must know what they’re talking about. That was put to the test one evening during

Feeling God's Presence
People talk about feeling God’s presence all the time. What does that really mean? How do they feel His presence? Those are questions I use to ask quite often. I no linger ask those questions because I’ve felt God’s presence. It’s an awesome, humbling experience. I still remember the first time I was aware of God’s presence around me. I was driving and having one of my conversations

Polly
I met many people while attending my first Bible Study but no one impressed me more than Polly. Polly was an older woman who came to the study with her husband Delbert. They were two of the sweetest people I’d ever met and I loved being around them. Polly was an inspiration to anyone who met her. She had Alzheimer’s and would often repeat herself which embarrassed Delbert but the rest of us

Eternal Life
When I accepted Christ I felt complete as if this huge hole inside of me was filled. Actually, it was, it was filled with the Holy Spirit. I’d told someone I felt like I was going through life, trying to find my way and stumbling and I’d finally received the instruction manual. If you’ve been reading this blog since it started or if this is your first time here you either believe Christ is