Category: Living
-
Why Abstinence Isn’t Working in America // Asbury Seedbed
What really intrigued me in this article is how the issue of abstinence is linked to discipleship (which I agree with), and how Chmielesk further suggests approaching the issue as one of celibacy rather than abstinence. Here’s a quote about the problem: The call to young Christians to be abstinent until marriage is not…
-
AT&T To Increase Handset Upgrade
At&T is set to increase their fees for upgrading phones. I guess I don’t understand why any carrier would “give away” phones for “free” yet charge for an upgrade fee. Actually I do understand why. We want “free” phones. This is a way that AT&T and give customers what they want, while still charging something.…
-
Can’t Get it Back
What better way to spend a day off than sitting at the car repair shop. I spend more time here than I would like to. I do like buying used cars because it means we don’t have a car payment (or if we do, it isn’t that much). The down side is that from time…
-
A Waste is a Terrible Thing to Mind
J. Ellsworth Kalas gives some advice to pastors regarding congregations and learning. Basically he says that just because something isn’t commonly known in the culture (Like “Here I raise mine Ebenezer” from “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”) doesn’t mean we simply skip those things. Instead, he says it is an opportunity to teach. In…
-
A New Love
I have a new love. McDonalds sweet tea. It is wonderful and well worth the $1. I’m not sure, but I might be a bit addicted. If that is possible. I’ve read that the good things in life are placed there by God to help us look beyond the good to the perfect. Could sweet…