tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1234700 2008-08-02T10:49:30-04:00 TypePad 757776http://www.feedburner.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-53661588 2008-08-02T10:49:30-04:00 2008-08-02T10:57:12-04:00 Bill Huffhine I became a believer in and follower of Jesus Christ in 1986 at the age of 17. I immediately knew that the meaning of my life was to be found in helping others to discover the grace, forgiveness, and life...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=CAoAtK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=CAoAtK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=w9GtXK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=w9GtXK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=KJ8wIk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=KJ8wIk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=NUEuyK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=NUEuyK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=gpcKRk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=gpcKRk" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/08/sojourn.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52716736 2008-07-15T07:19:58-04:00 2008-10-06T16:38:03-04:00 Bill Huffhine I've been worried about our country for quite some time now. The new day of infamy, 911, awakened my concern for our nation in the face of the external threats from those who desire to see America fall. But I've...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=O3fmwJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=O3fmwJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=KiewTJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=KiewTJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=ndiUCj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=ndiUCj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=9nrgbJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=9nrgbJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=0He7jj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=0He7jj" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/07/god-country-and-redemption.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52539438 2008-07-11T07:27:51-04:00 2008-10-01T08:33:19-04:00 Bill Huffhine For many years now I've had a deep appreciation for the ancient Celtic people of the British Islands who emerged from Druidism to become followers of Jesus Christ. What was unique about the Celts was that their Christian spirituality emerged...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=SLtC7J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=SLtC7J" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=fzZCnJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=fzZCnJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=FLopNj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=FLopNj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=B1xB5J"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=B1xB5J" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=CpBLfj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=CpBLfj" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/07/soul-friends-and-spiritual-wellness.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52459322 2008-07-10T06:00:00-04:00 2008-07-10T07:08:38-04:00 Bill Huffhine "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=1yPazJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=1yPazJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=n6DSxJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=n6DSxJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=E5pnvj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=E5pnvj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=uQGPmJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=uQGPmJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=GFLHGj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=GFLHGj" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/07/twenty-years-from-now.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52446860 2008-07-09T07:24:22-04:00 2008-07-10T12:07:55-04:00 Bill Huffhine It was during the final summer of my time as pastor of a church plant in Illinois. I preached a message one Sunday in which I reflected on the Christian life being akin to the journey taken by Homer's Odysseus....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=5Ss1mJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=5Ss1mJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=mIVVkJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=mIVVkJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=B6OYuj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=B6OYuj" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=WVDnNJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=WVDnNJ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=yvVcjj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=yvVcjj" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/07/pages-of-the-odyssey.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-47606548 2008-03-27T09:29:16-04:00 2008-03-29T10:07:33-04:00 Bill Huffhine In the year 2008 the Lord came unto Noah and said, "Once again the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another ark and save two of every living thing...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=Iar8NCF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=Iar8NCF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=fDFW5CF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=fDFW5CF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=peJf5Qf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=peJf5Qf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=Nn9GObF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=Nn9GObF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=bJ438gf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=bJ438gf" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/03/could-noah-buil.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-47112306 2008-03-16T19:15:43-04:00 2008-03-16T19:29:10-04:00 Bill Huffhine Perhaps you have experienced this. You're in a church service or a prayer meeting and the time has come for the preacher or the elders to pray for the sick. Individuals with diverse ailments will make their way to the...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=vP7J8OF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=vP7J8OF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=V1ULTMF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=V1ULTMF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=zE7VA1f"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=zE7VA1f" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=zvMHUzF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=zvMHUzF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=aj7cUkf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=aj7cUkf" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/03/holy-mazola-sil.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-46673130 2008-03-06T12:48:51-05:00 2008-03-06T12:51:40-05:00 Bill Huffhine I recently had lunch with a full-time pastor for whom I have the utmost respect. We eventually began discussing my struggle with whether or not to remain an "ordained" elder in our denomination. That led to a deeper discussion about...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=G9srFRF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=G9srFRF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=MxTkeCF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=MxTkeCF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=zW9SE5f"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=zW9SE5f" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=Xt7I8mF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=Xt7I8mF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=drzI50f"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=drzI50f" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/03/anointed-one-or.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-46412282 2008-03-01T16:13:00-05:00 2008-03-01T16:13:09-05:00 Bill Huffhine Several months ago I was invited by a fellow blogger to join Blogrush, which is a syndication network resembling a multi-level-marketing program. I was skeptical at first, but after working some of the bugs out of the system, the creators...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=9X6BApF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=9X6BApF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=p8a0sBF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=p8a0sBF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=kxFwRtf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=kxFwRtf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=ImYnOMF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=ImYnOMF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=h4uQeVf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=h4uQeVf" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/03/have-you-joined.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-46397970 2008-03-01T09:34:47-05:00 2008-03-01T09:39:01-05:00 Bill Huffhine A "bandwagon" is a wagon that carries a band in a parade, circus, or other entertainment. The phrase 'jump on the bandwagon' was first used in American politics in 1848 as a result of Dan Rice, President Lincoln's court jester....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=xKbGtFF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=xKbGtFF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=uuuEzMF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=uuuEzMF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=iMsf6mf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=iMsf6mf" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=M7EZuZF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=M7EZuZF" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?a=jSNcvnf"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/AwaitingRain?i=jSNcvnf" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://awaitingrain.typepad.com/awaiting_rain/2008/03/books-and-bandw.html