Our friends at HighCallingBlogs.com sponsored a Christmas blogging challenge — and we joined in the fray. They asked for “Your best Christmas memory” and our post is below. Here are links to the other participants: Sally’s WordsGood Word Editing L’Chaim Papa Poet Ramblin’ Dan RelevantBlog Sally’s Words Seedlings in Stone Shane Vander Hart Thoughts of a Gyrovague Please, share with a friend if you feel moved. Read all past issues at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davidrupert Read more
It was a lonely December in Adana, Turkey. As a 21-year old airman with a wife and a new baby, this was our first Christmas away from home. In this foreign land there were no twinkling lights, no decorations and no reminders of our precious season like at home. To them, it was just another month, but for us, it was supposed to be special. We tried our best to make it festive. Buying a pine tree in this desert... Read more
She calmly drew her weapon and shot him.And she credits the Holy Spirit for guiding her. Jeanne Assam, who is being hailed as a hero, served as a volunteer, armed security guard at New Life Christian Church in Colorado Springs, CO, when the shots rang out.The shooter, Matthew Murray, had as many as a thousand rounds of ammunition for his assault rifle. With at least a thousands of people still in the common areas after the second service and smoke... Read more
Two terrible shootings in Colorado occurred within 12 hours of each other. The first occurred at a Youth With a Mission (YWAM) training center. A man shot four people — two have died. YWAM has a great reputation. Thousands of missionaries have been sent out by YWAM and millions of lives around the world have been touched by the selfless service of these youth. Why these kids? The second shooting occurred at New Life Christian Church in Colorado Springs. New... Read more
Here at Red Letter Believers, we value people who are not afraid to separate out their faith from their everyday lives. While we disagree with some of the tenants of Mormonism, we do applaud the strong words of Gov. Mitt Romney today. He began his seminal address by setting the table. “A person shouldn’t be elected — or rejected for their faith. A president must first serve the common cause of the people of the United States.” True. But he... Read more
I live just 20 minutes from Coloma where James Marshall discovered gold in the California foothills and where thousands of men and women stampeded towards in 1849 – home of the great California gold rush. Looking back on the history of that time, the tens of thousands of people that descended upon California arrived with the expectation – not the hope – of striking it rich and becoming wealthy. Ironically, it wasn’t the miners who generally struck it rich –... Read more
The Ethics Resource Center has released their annual report on ethics in the workplace. No surprise, but the lying, the cheating, and the misconduct at work are getting worse. More than 56 percent of employees have personally observed violations of company policy or law. And interestingly enough, 42 percent who witnessed misconduct didn’t report it. We all see and hear things that aren’t right. In this fallen world we live, sin abounds. But this raises the issue. Are people of... Read more
“Are you on this planet to do something, or are you just here for something to do?”— James Kounzes Try this little assignment Take a long look at the first older person you see (let’s say seventies or higher is ‘old’ for this exercise). After you watch them for a few minutes, try to imagine the big things that happened in their lifetime and how they are feeling about their past at that moment. Are they nostalgic? Remorseful? Regretful? Disappointed?... Read more
There are times when it necessary — even beneficial — to quit your job. For some workers, there are intolerable conditions that are better left in the rear-view mirror. You may need to reposition your future and go in a different direction. With a healthy and vibrant economy, there is no moral quandary to finding other employment. There is a right way to do this. Don’t burn your bridges. Don’t say things you shouldn’t say. Don’t bad mouth the company... Read more
In life, there always seems to be somebody that finds a way to get under my skin. I have one button, and they always find a way to push it. Intentional or not, there is a certain “tension” that always hangs in the air. Rather than run from these relationships, I need to embrace them. Crazy thinking again? No. God uses these people to knock off the edges, to buff out the imperfections in my life. They are there not... Read more
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