the practical CHRISTian

Adam’s Family Stories

Greg Chaney — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:00:46 +0000

“Boys! Settle down! Come over here. Stop bothering your brother and listen.” “Yes father,” they replied in unison jostling each other as they sit at his feet. “Remember the stories I’ve been telling you?” The father replied. “Yes, father” “Boys it’s so important that [...]

Skunkman

David Allen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:11 +0000

Once upon a time a man lived in a little village that was overrun with skunks. This man was a good hunter and trapper and knew how to entice the skunks into cages. People would ask him to come and [...]

Type I Christian: What Really Motivates Us?

Greg Chaney — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:54:25 +0000

I grew up in a time when church frequently included special gospel meetings that featured a guest preacher imploring over the course of a week to get right and reap the rewards of heaven or certainly go to hell. Night [...]

Homeward Bound

David Allen — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:38:02 +0000

H. Belloc, in his essay, “The Little Old Man”, said, “ that of everything which runs or creeps upon earth, man is the fullest of sorrow”. Sometimes, the events of life send Belloc’s observation about sorrow cascading deep into our [...]

Children of the King

David Allen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:00:54 +0000

Have you ever been on the “outside” of things? Remember when certain ones were chosen last to be on teams in their childhood? It was usually the same person all the time. We all want to belong, sometimes desperately. How [...]

Shalowm: The Peace God Intended

Greg Chaney — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:00:30 +0000

I’ve been to war. Not a figurative war, which many people have experienced within their unique circumstance, but a real war where bullets fly both ways and mortars and rockets explode with the intent of ending lives. My war experience, of [...]

God’s Control

David Allen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:06:04 +0000

Once, when I was a little boy, something happened to me that was way beyond my control. I had sustained a dangerous head wound and was helpless. My father took me in his arms and carried me to the hospital [...]

Nearly Famous

David Allen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:57:06 +0000

I can still jump as high as I always could, I just can’t stay up as long, my cousin once said. He was making humorous commentary on the fact that he was getting older, and knew it. That little funny [...]

The Price of a Ticket

David Allen — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:33:04 +0000

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step”, according to a Chinese proverb. How true! People sometimes hesitate to start long journeys of all kinds because they perceive the difficulties they may encounter along the way. I [...]

Live Like Christ Did

Greg Chaney — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:00:18 +0000

“Christians are horrible, they are so mean.” Not only is this sentiment too common today, but these were the words I heard from one of our varsity basketball players this morning. We had just finished a win over a Christian school who’s [...]