Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
I asked that question in my most recent devotional (Thoughts for the Week) which I posted on July 14, 2009. (I first asked it some 17 years ago when I wrote it for publication as part of the March 31, 1993, lesson in Christian Light Publication‘s youth Sunday School quarterly.)
Last week, though, I got the following responses via email: Read it all
A few years ago, not so long after the Iraq War (re)started, I wrote and printed a piece for local consumption in our congregation.
In it I give due honor to six American war dead…and issue a call to service and sacrifice…for the kingdom of heaven.
The US military personnel featured in that article: William Wiscowiche, Mark Taylor, Kimberly Voelz, Keicia Hines, John Amos II, and Holly McGeogh.
A few minutes ago I finally got it online: Lessons in Sacrificial Service from the Fallen. Check it out for a conservative Anabaptist’s perspective.
Here’s something I read this morning in the print edition of the Our Daily Bread devotional:
God remembers us wherever we are. Our concerns are His concerns. Our pain is His pain. Commit your challenges and difficulties to Him. He is the all-seeing God who remembers us as a mother remembers her children, and He waits to meet our needs. — C. P. Hia
But before reading that, I read Genesis 8 and posted my own short devotional over at Panting Hart (where I used to try to write a daily devotional).
Oregon’s Mt. Hood, I mean.
No, not inspired by it or about it. Rather, inspiration “round about” (ie around) it. That is, in photos I have taken and turned into wallpaper for my computer and featured at my devotional blog: Panting Hart.
With a hat tip to Stephen Wilkinson, I present Jan Markell’s open letter to Rick Warren. Read it all
HT: WorldMagBlog