Today, I thought I was going over to Alan & Leslies for a birthday lunch with them and the kiddos. Well, it was them and a bunch of our friends :). Very nice surprise.
AND … Leslie cooked Mexican food and it was wooonnndddeeerrrrfffffuuuulllll.
so good.
My birthday was two days ago but it was brand new all [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gratefulness'
Birthday Fiesta
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Dance · Friends · Gifts · Gratefulness · Holiday · Humor · Life · Music · People · Photography · Youngin's · family · marriage
Same Sex Struggles
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Here is another reprint from an article of mine on Boundless. It is my testimony and was originally published last May.
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Same-Sex Struggles
by Randy Thomas
Fifteen years ago I was a very different man from who I am now.
All of my relational, political, and social needs were defined by a worldview that fed my appetites and met [...]
Tags: Abortion · Bible · Christianity · Church · Culture War · Current Affairs · Ex-Gay · Exodus · Friends · Gay · Gender · Gratefulness · Homosexuality · Life · Men · People · Politics · Prayer · Religion · Sexuality · Worldview · Writing · marriage
Jesus Never Whines But Sure Listens to a Lot of It
March 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Three weeks ago I started getting sick and while on a trip I was knocked out with a horrible bug that wasn’t the flu but you sure couldn’t tell. So I went on some anti-biotics, Mucinex (*hate* their commercials), Sudafed and whatever. The antibiotics ran out last Thursday. I was a good good [...]
Tags: Gratefulness · Health · Jesus · Nature · People · War Against Whining · Women · family
Critical Christian Critics Criticising Critical Christians
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Have you noticed that it is chic to be a critic against “the Church?” Especially if you are a Christian criticising the church. Have you also noticed that it is cool to criticize critics of the church? … you know to be a Christian criticizing Christians who criticize other Christians? It’s so … exhausting.
“Snarky” is [...]
Tags: Christianity · Church · Friends · Gratefulness · Humility · Life · People · Prayer · Religion
This Year, A Fresh Appreciation of Jesus
March 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments
I’ve always been a Doubting Thomas. You know how some people relate to David for his bravery, or Job for his perseverance? I relate to Thomas because I suppose I see myself as kind of a big, whiny baby, demanding physical proof. And through the years, as I’ve watched tragedies and heartaches [...]
Tags: Bible · Christianity · Church · Gratefulness · Health · Humility · Jesus · Life · Religion · family
Don’t Let Today Be Just Another Day - Good Friday 2008
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Today is a day that Christians meditate on the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ who died for our sins.
Every year since becoming a Christian this bittersweet day can really be overwhelming. On the one hand it is very bitter as I contemplate how horribly the Lord was abused, humiliated and murdered. I meditate on how [...]
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Drafting Graphic Artists, Writers and Propagandists into The War Against Whining
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments
As the WAW gets into full onslaught mode we need new propaganda. I ripped off the above picture out of a mailer … not whining about mailers, just informing.
Dear Assertively Grateful Comrades, I know many of you are creative. Please consider creating graphics, badges, blog buttons, jaikus, slogans, smiles, cartoons, photos, prose, testimonies, videos, [...]
Tags: Activism · Culture War · Current Affairs · Drawing · Gratefulness · Humor · Internet · Life · Photography · Video · War Against Whining · Writing · art · blogging
