Part of the process of preparing to be ordained in the Nazarene denomination is that after about two or so years of taking ministry classes, you apply for a district license. Before that district license is granted, you have to go before a board of ordained ministers and do a short little in…
A bee keeper was giving a tour of his honey farm to a group of school children one day. As the bee keeper was showing the children all of the honey that had been collected that day, he took the lid off a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggli…
I have to take frequent walks. Unfortunately, one of the side-effects of my medication is that it can cause blood clots, so to help prevent blood clots, I have to walk every day. It’s important for my health. Now this may not come as a surprise to you, but walking doesn’t just happen. It’s t…
A little over 10 years ago, the President of France proposed a decree that would ban anyone from wearing religious symbols of any kind. The decree was partly aimed at forbidding Muslim women from wearing their traditional burqa, but it was broad enough that it would ban any religious symbol:…
What about the Sabbath?
This question was recently posed to a pastor I know who is in fact right now dealing with two long-standing members leaving his the church he pastors because of this question. Not just this question, but the deeper question behind it: what about the law?
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Who’s familiar with the saying, “Actions speak louder than words”? All of us. Good. It’s a common enough saying, and we understand what it means really well. We understand that what it means is that your actions better back up your words. If you say you’re a kind person, you better actually …
I once had a friend who was a people pleaser, let’s call her friend A. One time, another mutual friend, let’s say friend B, of ours wanted to do something nice for friend A, but she didn’t ask friend A before hand if it was okay. She wanted it to be a surprise. So she planned a make-over for…
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