This is an “I’m bored” post. I have nothing to do, so I’m posting this. Last night our doorbell rang. I went to the door and peaked out, unseen by the visitor. It was a guy with long, almost rastafarian…
The “Podcast”
Tech news has been buzzing this week with the release of iTunes 4.9, with podcasting support. I’ve had my iPod since last fall, when I got a free one from freeipods.com (once legit – now a scam), but I haven’t…
Notable Quotable
“There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by…
Notable Quotable
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters.” Frederick Douglass
Time to Shrink
Guess what the number one industry in the state of Minnesota is. It’s not agriculture, that’s number three. It’s not tourism, that’s number two. The number one industry in Minnesota is GOVERNMENT! The number one industry in Minnesota is that…
Direction of Discipline
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that…
Apprehended by God
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. If that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended. – Philippians 3:12 Never choose to be a worker; but when once God has put His call on you,…
The Overshadowing personal deliverance
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. – Jeremiah 1:8 God promised Jeremiah that He would deliver him personally- “Thy life will I give unto thee for a…
Difficult
Surfing the web on a Blackberry is tough.Posting to a blog on one is even tougher.
America: Land of the Formerly Free
A few short years ago, a good friend of mine was put out of business when the city of Moorhead, Minnesota seized his land through eminent domain in order to turn it over to a developer. He got less than…
Honorable Mention
I have yet to win an award for my blog, but I did get my first honorable mention. Challies dot Com has given me honorable mention in the First Annual Christian Blogosphere Awards of Demerit. The category: Worst Use of…
Asking the Wrong Questions
As I grow older and wiser, I notice more and more that politicians like to get their way by asking the wrong questions. I am not saying it happens more and more (it may be), I just notice it more.…
Acquaintance With Grief
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. – Isaiah 53:3 We are not acquainted with grief in the way in which Our Lord was acquainted with it; we endure it,…
The Undeviating Test
Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. – Matthew 7:2 This statement is not a…