Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Nov 6th, 2008
"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Oct 26th, 2008
2:1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Aug 17th, 2008
This is another prayer that speaks to me. I have vowed to be prepared to give the closing prayer at our Habitat board meetings. In my case it is a written prayer that is prepared in advance. Some people are so natural when they are asked to pray. For them praying is as natural and [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on May 22nd, 2008
I ran across this prayer a couple of days ago and my immediate thought was that it if I was asked to give the closing prayer at our Habitat board meeting I would use it. This prayer expresses a lot of the battles we confront as board members of a faith based ministry and shows [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Apr 27th, 2008
O Creator of the universe, who has set the stars in the heavens and causes the sun to rise and set, shed the light of your wisdom into the darkness of my mind. [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Mar 12th, 2008
Every once and a while I wonder how we would react if someone like Jesus walked into our life. Would we act any different than the folks in the time of Jesus? If you follow this cartoon series, the guy with the funny hair was the bald, geeky guy with glasses. He is a reoccurring [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Feb 5th, 2008
From the pages of the evangelicaloutpost we get this wonderful story.
This is a story about Galileo Galilei. It’s not the story about an enlightened scientist being persecuted by a narrow-minded Catholic Church because that story is (mostly) a myth. It’s not a story about a great scientific genius either, though he was that (mainly). It’s [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Feb 2nd, 2008
Michael said this (by Sister Corita Kent) was worth retyping:
Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.
General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher, pull everything out of your fellow students.
General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students.
Consider [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Jan 13th, 2008
The list is thought provoking and I found myself lingering over several of his nuggets of wisdom. Here is a sample:
The mature Christian is more concerned with being loving all the time than being correct all the time.
100 Truths in 30 Years with Christ | Cerulean Sanctum
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Oct 10th, 2007
From the the evangelical outpost we have this insightful post about whether we pray to the same God.
“I believe in an Almighty God,” said President Bush in an interview with Al Arabiya, “and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That’s what [...]
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