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I am 44 year old writer with a BA in English from Central Michigan University and a graduate in the Lay Missionary Program with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I am married with three children.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Getting over you: 7 of 29
You do what you want, go where you want to go.You can take me along for as long as you like, or can leave me here on this dry dusty road.I will get along.I will get along and will find my way and get there OK, even if I have to walk down this dry dusty road alone.Sometimes it's good to be alone and lost. You need to do that t... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study The role of parables in the Bible: 4 of 12

Parables make the hearers ask questions, such as, "how is the Kingdom of Heaven like a mustard seed; do we contain it?" Parables make us think just as they did for those who heard it in the first century. We have to look at the image and see how that image works for us today. The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed, whic... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Concepts (Other) Exploring the concept of free will: 18 of 44
Did God create humans to be like robots designed to run the programs that he gave us and unable to do otherwise? Did he create humans to be like marionettes that are only able to function as we are manipulated? In answering questions like these many people, like myself, are convinced that we have a Free Will that enables us t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Despair: 116 of 260
CrossroadsStanding here on the dirty dusty crossroadsOn a cold dark nightThe dirt from barren fields blows in the dry windCovering me in the scratchy gritty grimeThe overcast sky cloaks any light from moon or stars aboveI have been turned around so many times that I don't knowFrom which road I cameAnd I can not see which way ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible study: True grace: 11 of 23
Martin Luther called Grace "undeserved Love." I, like many Lutherans grew up hearing that we do not deserve God's love. To most people, as far as I can surmise, it comes with a rather pleasant feeling. To others of us who suffer with self-esteem issues the term "undeserved Love" makes us want to crawl into a dark corner and s... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Holidays & Celebrations Understanding the feast of Epiphany: 3 of 5
Epiphany is:1)a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.2)an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity.3)a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study The fruit Adam & Eve ate was not a tangible fruit: 7 of 11
Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tr... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The blues: 32 of 47
Standing alone at 3 am on a moonless night.The dirt road lies ahead of me dirty and empty.The scorching air lingers around me.Dirt roads are all I can see.Ahead of me and behind me,to the left of me and to the right of me,the same dark dirt road stretches onward.I can not see the end.Darkness surrounds me. More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark poems: 915 of 1317
Standing alone at 3 am on a moonless night.The dirt road lies ahead of me gritty and empty.The scorching air drives at me.This foreboding dirt road is all I can see.Ahead of me and behind me,to the left of me and to the right of me,the same dark dirt road stretches onward.I cannot see where it ends.Darkness surrounds me. More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Understanding the significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 11 of 15
The power and strength behind Jesus' resurrection is the fearlessness that Jesus possessed knowingly and willingly going to his death.The night that he was taken prisoner to stand trial he could have ran down the back side of the Mount of Olives and taken refuge in Bethlehem and would have lived another day. Rather, he walks ... More..