In third grade I travelled through time. Well, actually, I cheated time. My small rural elementary school in Cloudcroft, NM had no bells or buzzers… Read More »All In: According to God (Part 2–Loving to the End)
38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she… Read More »Making Room for Women: Becoming a Community Where More People Matter (Lk. 10:38-42 ESV) Chris Altrock – February 10, 2019
Life-Changing Decisions
I turned 50 in March of this year. I received the requisite birthday cards from family and friends making wisecracks about my age. And, unfortunately, I also received the requisite order from my doctor to get a colonoscopy.
The morning of that appointment Kendra and I drove to the office on Wolf River boulevard. After a short time in the waiting room, I was called to the procedure room. There an attendant asked me to sit down while she asked at least fifty health questions. I had already answered at least fifty questions on an online questionnaire before the appointment. But either I’d failed that questionaire or they were just really, really interested in my health.
When the attendant was done with her list of questions, she took out a form for me to sign. By signing the form, she said, I was making a commitment to several things. One of those commitments was put in these words:
“I will make no life-changing decisions today.”
Because I’d be going under anesthesia, and anesthesia can affect people in significant ways, they didn’t want any of their patients making life-changing decisions.Read More »The True You: The King (Gen 49:10, 2 Sam 7:12-13 & Matt. 6:33) Chris Altrock – 6/3/18
Who God is in Dark Times
How would you complete this sentence?
God is ______________.
How would you especially complete that sentence in dark and disappointing times? Would pain and suffering change the way you finish that sentence?
God is _____________.
Lisa Wingate’s novel Before We Were Yours tells the true story of how thousands of children belonging to single mothers and poverty stricken families were snatched away by Memphis’ Georgia Tann and then sold to families willing to pay to adopt them through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society. The story begins in the 1930’s with twelve year old Rill Foss. She lives with her mom and dad and and four younger siblings in a shanty boat moored on the shore of the Mississippi River across from Mud Island.Read More »Won: The Cross Displayed God’s Glory (Jn. 12) Chris Altrock – 3/18/18