Thoughts, Convictions, and Simple Journals

  • Beauty of Repentance

    Beauty of Repentance. Repentance is not a cruel task that one performs as the demands of a harsh taskmaster; rather it is a beautiful response to a true, grace-giving God who is just, mighty, merciful. The beauty is found in the turning towards, and realization that, Jesus is all beautiful and that our sinful, selfish… Read more

  • Jesus – The Only Expected Person

    Jesus – The Only Expected Person

    Jesus – The Only Expected Person. “In all the history of the world Jesus emerges as the only ‘expected’ person. Read more

  • Christianity is Controversial

    Christianity is Controversial

    When General Douglas MacArthur passed away in 1964 at the age of 84, one word kept cropping up in the deluge of comments about the distinguished old soldier. Both friend and foe agreed on one thing–he was a controversial figure. Of course he was. Any man as forthright as he, in a day when it is… Read more

  • No Man Cares For My Soul

    “No one cares for my soul.” Powerful clip from Richard Owen Roberts. Listen to all of this clip. You may never be the same in how you reach out to others. If you need help, please reach out. Here is my story for as an example for you that there is hope.   #loneliness #sadness… Read more

  • Buy a Book – Support a Missionaries

    Buy a Book – Support a Missionaries

    Sometimes I feel as if there is so very little I can do to help in global missions. I have always remembered this about missions and being a Christian: “You either go down in the well, or support those who go down; either way, there ought to be scars on your hands.“ In God’s good… Read more

  • Attention Ladies (and men)

    Attention Ladies (and men)

    This article is from a dear sister, Stephanie Bys, who is a missionary in one of the poorest regions of the world. She and her husband and children gave up their careers, sold their possessions and moved to help teach and care for the poorest of the poor. They have faced opposition from so called… Read more