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The Five Things I’m Thankful For
Is it possible to be thankful without feeling thankful? The answer, I think, is: Of course. The Bible tells us that we should give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:18). I’ve heard more than one sermon on this passage that suggests God doesn’t tell us to be thankful for everything; He tells us to…
Happy Thanksgiving!
May we all find something today worth giving thanks for… because indeed there are many things… no matter what we may be facing. Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing Power and majesty, praise to the King Mountains bow down and the seas will roar At the sound of Your name ~ Darlene Zschech,…
Two Shakes and a Whistle
So I was challenged the other day to write blog post with the title “Two Shakes and a Whistle.” My first thought was, “I don’t even know what that means!” It turns out, I’m not alone. Even Google doesn’t know. I considered writing a blog post that simply said: “Does anyone know what this means?”…
Doubt
Sometimes I doubt it all very much. If Christianity were real, why don’t we act more like Christians? If there is only one faith, why are there so many factions? If there is only one truth, why aren’t even the most fundamentals agreed upon? Yet even as I lash out in angry questions, an irony…
History Class
Don’t worry. This post isn’t really about history. I wouldn’t have much to say in that regard anyway. Partially for a reason which you are about to see. As a student, I rarely slept in class. But by the end of my undergraduate years, after consistently burning through more than one box of proverbial candles,…
How observant are you?
I had lived in my apartment two years when I decided it was time to invest in some renter’s insurance. I had slowly accumulated enough stuff that the cost of replacement was making the cost of renter’s insurance look downright appealing. Plus, the apartment building directly behind mine burned down. I guess you could say…
Anger Management
Philippians 4:8 is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. Someday I am going to write an eloquent post elucidating my reasons why. But not today. Today, I am irrationally angry. I have no idea why, but I find when I stop to consider it that I can come up with a whole host…
Today’s Quote
Most of the time when I read stats about the condition of our world, the numbers are so incomprehensibly large that my eyes merely glaze over. These stats, however, convicted me: The truth is that the 143 million orphaned children, and the 11 million who starve to death or die from preventable diseases, and the…
Clean T-Shirt
There are some who do not understand the appeal of camping. “How is that a vacation?” They want to know. Cooking in primitive conditions, swatting mosquitos, trudging through the elements… “Doesn’t sound like a vacation to me,” they say. Their logic is hard to argue, but I just can’t help it. I love to camp. …
Biblical Chronology
For the last several weeks (okay, months) I have been doing a self-study of the New Testament epistles using one of my pastor’s former seminary books: The Word of the Lord Grows: A one volume guide to a fuller understanding of the origin, purpose, and meaning of the New Testament by Martin H. Franzmann. It…
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Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.