http://shaleharbor.com/life a safe place to change Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:34:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Daniel Chapter 1 * Satan is on a mission of destruction. * Israel did not listen to God, therefore God put them in a timeout for 70 years. * We live in a world that looks like God is getting his butt kicked. But in reality, our world is a mess because ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=66 Thanksgiving is here again. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, etc Football, family friends Days off work Christmas Shopping season begins! And with Thanksgiving, comes the church service we've grown to expect. The message of the service is clear. We are not thankful enough for our families, friends, jobs, and God. We live lives that ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=65 The laughter heard from the neighbors house, the scraped knee in need of a bandage, the baby sitting up by herself, the young man holding a Bible for the first time, the spicy food that makes you choke, the random man who is hoping to "get lucky" tonight, the wind ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=62 Kitty showed up on my doorstep almost a year ago to date. She was a tiny little thing and stole my heart with her first “meow.” My roommates did not want her in the house, so Kitty and I spent time daily together outside cultivating our relationship. ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=61 “What good will it be for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul? Or what can you give in exchange for your soul?” (Matthew 16:26) While I imagine that most of us read this verse and reason that we have not “sold our soul” (as ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=55 Recently in the news, a family from Missouri was reunited with their lost son after he had been missing for over four years. Imagine what the family must have felt when they received a phone call informing them that their son had been found and then the moment of ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=54 While I was preparing to meet friends for dinner the other night, I had to admit to myself that I was so thankful that we had decided to dine out this time. The week had been long and taxing, so I was not up to the task of preparing, serving, ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=53 I recently returned from a trip to Thailand, a country well known for it’s rich tradition and practice of Buddhism. Interestingly enough, the King of Thailand passed a decree several years ago that allowed for the distribution of Bibles to students at school, and even forbade the refusal by ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=52 Recently someone asked me if I was working out. I knew that this question certainly was not prompted by any positive noticeable change in my physique and the random placement of the question in the conversation rather caught me off guard. Not wanting to admit that I had ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=51 During his speech in London’s Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world, Nelson Mandela remarked, “Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation” (2005). Whether as a young child, a teenager, or a mature adult, I ... http://shaleharbor.com/life/?p=50