Category Archives: Ideas & Thoughts

Dying Into Live

Posted on June 2, 2012 by kenjohnson

I love this quote from Larry Crabb’s book “Connecting”: “So often we must move through a season of death to come to a richer experience of life.  I have experienced death in the presence of my wife and a few … Continue reading →

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Gratitude is a helthy attitude

Posted on February 8, 2012 by kenjohnson

Ingratitude stinks. Bart Simpson prayed this prayer at family dinner.  “Dear God, we paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.” Really Bart?  That stinks! Who gave you the ability to breath?  A heart that beats?  A brain … Continue reading →

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Tumbleweed

Posted on December 31, 2011 by kenjohnson

” … as tumbleweed blew by me at 35 miles an hour, I thought I heard a whisper in the wind, Someone said, “Slow down.”  Check it out.   http://on.fb.me/sZhhpR

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Science and Faith

Posted on May 21, 2011 by kenjohnson

Are science and faith mutually exclusive? My twelve year old grandson who loves science books was reading Stephen Hawking the other day and came across some recent statements he has made about the ‘fairy tale’ nature of creation accounts. I … Continue reading →

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Skinny Widows

Posted on May 18, 2011 by kenjohnson

I was just talking with a friend who is running out of money very fast.  (Seems a lot of people are in that place these days). We ended up talking about skinny widows. Widows in the Bible were the ultimate … Continue reading →

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