immersion: a state of being deeply engaged or involved; being absorbed by. I see them every time I drive to church. On park benches, in shady corners, on church steps. In alleyways, on street corners, under bridges. So often I turn my eyes the other way so as to not [...]
My husband says that I do too much. I called him one day to talk to him about leading a church baseball team. It was only a one day commitment, and I really wanted to play baseball at the church picnic. His response: “You do too much.” Last summer’s burn [...]
![book review: the five love languages [the secret to love that lasts]](http://bibledude.net/wp-content/uploads/the-five-love-languages-150x150.jpg)
I recently read for the first time the popular book, The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing, 1995). The easy-reading book has a phenomenal concept on how people express love toward and how they receive love from one another. The concept is called love languages and they include: [...]
![a little bit of [laundry] lovin’](http://bibledude.net/wp-content/uploads/laundry-day-150x150.jpg)
It’s Wednesday evening and you’ve got a big presentation Thursday afternoon. You go to your closet to discover the outfit you want to wear is dirty. “That’s okay” you think, “I’ll just wash it.” But just after you start the load, your washing machine breaks. So you pull the load [...]
You are walking down the street and someone asks you for money, do you give? You are driving down the street and someone is holding a cardboard sign up asking for money, do you give? Sometimes this can be a very tough question. Are they going to really use the money [...]
I write the truth. I have written a lot of words over the course of my 32 years on this planet and I find one element that binds them to those who stumble onto them. One string runs down the middle of my ramblings and (to God’s glory), that string [...]
![addiction to ministry [part one]](http://bibledude.net/wp-content/uploads/soldier-in-quicksand-150x150.jpg)
What is wrong with me? I came to church with stress hanging on me like an oversized jacket. My heart had focused on people instead of God’s provisions. Ministry failed to excite me. And then it hit me… Like quick sand, the more I struggled the faster the mire sucked [...]
Copyright © 2013 BibleDude.net. All Rights Reserved.
