That’s the title of a book I started reading over the weekend. It’s actually a fairly short book, but with other things stealing my time, it’s taken me a while to finish it.
Part fiction, part nonfiction, it’s taken a good bit from the experiences of the author, who lost both parents as a teenager and [...]
Posted on June 10th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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My long-time friend Jim Martin is pulpit minister for a congregation in Waco, and maintains a blog I highly recommend: A Place For The God-Hungry. His post from Tuesday (2/4/09) was a pretty insightful look at how we spend our time, and the things we should really be making time for. I repeat that post [...]
Posted on February 8th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Now wouldn’t that be a hoot? Actually, it’s sort of not as far-fetched as it sounds.
I’m a former high school math teacher, and am still involved in a round-about way with secondary education, so one of the blogs I monitor is that of Teacher Magazine. One of their headlines Tuesday caught my eye: “12-year-old wins [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 1 Corinthians 11:29 (KJV)
I grew up in a worship-three-times-a-week-take-communion-every-Sunday Christian home, and I still believe most of what I was taught as a young Christian. Such is not the case with this verse. I was [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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