I have a pet peeve.  I hate finding multiple containers of the same item in my refrigerator. Currently, there are three open salsa jars in there. When I saw this, Holy Spirit nudged me and said "You do the same thing." I argued with Him (yes, I do that and most of the time it makes Him chuckle) and I asked, "How do I do that?  I spend a lot of time looking for an open container before I ever reach for a new one!" "You do this.  Every time you try and shortcut a lesson. Every

Today, we lost a beehive to wax moths and hive beetles.  It was a small hive that has struggled all season.  We had to put a new queen in it a few weeks ago because the old queen could not be found. Strong hives function well.  Each bee knows it's job and they all work together to defeat their enemies - like the wax moth and the hive beetle. Observing nature teaches us great lessons.  What can we learn from bee hives? 1.  Community is important.  I used to be of the mindset t

This post is about the book The Shack, and then again it's not. I recently read an article by Wm. Paul Young called "Why Everyone Should Have Their Dark Secrets Exposed". This article is not a discussion on the book, or any of the theology in it. In the article, the author clearly states that the book was an allegory. He made the comparison that the shack mentioned in the book was really a symbol of his life. His "life" was rundown and decrepit simply because of the innoc