Archive for July, 2009

Puff the Dragon (A Not-so-Magical Tale)

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

“I think I’m going to write a blog about smoking,” I told my son. Soggy and sandy from our day at the beach, the two of us were alone in our van. “Hmmm,” my 13-year-old son replied, hardly vibrating his vocal cords and barely nodding his head in acknowledgement of my having spoken. “You see,” [...]

“Don’t Know Beans about Praying”

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

“Similarly, the spirit also helps us out in our weakness. For example, we don’t know beans about praying, but the Spirit himself speaks up for our unexpressed concerns. And he who x-rays our hearts understands the Spirit’s approach, since the Spirit represents Christians before God.” Romans 8:26-27 The Cotton Patch Version Clarence Jordan (translator of [...]