sin must be exposed and dealt with. avoiding the issue is empowering the sinner to continue in their sin. there NEED to be consequences for our actions- and not just the Lord's justice on Judgement Day...present day justice. truth needs to be applied and ingrained into our lives right at this moment. standing on truth should not cause divisions ( Read more... )

i'm in colorado right now...and it's super beautiful out here. nathan and i needed to get out of wisconsin for awhile. there's a lot going on- both in lax and at home- and it's been pretty stressful. tomorrow we're checking out colorado state university...possibly grad school. plus i haven't been out of wisconsin a whole lot. and the mountains ( Read more... )

this summer has shown me how sheltered my life is. i live in this little Christian bubble. we have our Christian problems, our Christian disputes, our Christian discussions. what difference does that make? the world doesn't know (or care for that matter) about such things. the world is concerned with things like having large medical bills that ( Read more... )

i miss classes that made me think.  i wrote ( this )

if your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. if he listens to you, you have won your brother over. but if he will not listen, take one of two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses'. if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and ( Read more... )

Hi all Young Lifers ( Read more... )

i've been learning a lot about prayer this year....through quiet times and experimentation and a good book or two and through the wisdom of others. just this morning i was talking to this wonderful man of God that i know and he was telling about the words translated as 'know' in the new testament. but i'm getting a bit ahead of myself ( Read more... )

Your hand, o Lord, in days of old was strong to heal and save ( Read more... )

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace ( Read more... )

this was written by the new pope back when he was still cardinal ratzinger ( Read more... )