by jphirst | Apr 23, 2009 | Sliding, Sliding Excerpts
She hurled. (An appropriate word considering the velocity and trajectory) It was just from the fierceness, the grossness, the intensity of the onslaught. Now the smell of the vomit added to the weird stink of the locusts. We knew we were about to perish. We gritted...
by jphirst | Apr 23, 2009 | Sliding, Sliding Excerpts
Famines have always been geographical. So have plagues. The world wide calamities of today are a thoroughly modern phenomenon. Aids in Africa flashes around the world. A corn shortage in Iowa breeds hunger in South America. Bird flues are born on the winds faster than...
by jphirst | Apr 22, 2009 | My View, My View Excerpts
On the Path . . . Dave was the Varsity advisor. We took the boys camping together. And we had great talks. But my favorite memory is of the image I have of the time we tired of the boys refusing to plan and prepare meals together. They seemed to enjoy cold cereal and...
by jphirst | Apr 22, 2009 | My View, My View Excerpts
By the Spirit ….but even good intentions may not be enough. Some times we don’t realize that those we teach are not receiving the message that we think we’re giving. Let me illustrate with a somewhat kinder, gentler example: A programmer who worked...
by jphirst | Apr 22, 2009 | My View, My View Excerpts
Bound To Be Free So, here’s the way I think it really works. We come to a point in our lives when we begin to know the truth and we long for the truth to make us free. We want to be free from the guilt and sins and disobediences of our past. We want the powers...
