I am beginning to wonder if I and others have lost the idea of community. We live in such an isolated society, that it is easily done. The church is to be a community of believers, and you see how tight of a community they were in the book of Acts. It is difficult to [...]

Blasted Gourds is a phrase I borrowed from a John Newton Hymn. It refers to chapter 4 of the book of Jonah. God destroyed the gourd plant that brought Jonah pleasure, and Jonah complained. The Gourd plant symbolizes the things that we take great pleasure in, forgetting that they are gifts from God, and losing [...]