by Darren Ethier (@nerrad)
Anything I write that is spiritual in nature I file under this main category.
Sin is the propensity for humans to live as if they are God. Sin is the decision to live life away from God rather than toward him. This decision can be subtle or blatant. It involves a contest of wills between humans and God. It is the oldest contest in the world, the pride of […]
It’s time to wrap up this series I wrote in the month of January. It was a great exercise to take a look at what I aimed to do at the beginning of 2010, and what I actually ended up doing! Some great lessons learned a long the way. By the way, this is a […]
I’ve been away from here again for a few days and it’s turning this series I’ve been writing into a month long reflection. Nevertheless, I am determined to finish this! So let’s continue (if you’re new to this series, you can click here for some context). Here’s what I wrote last year: I love YouVersion.com and […]
It’s time for another post in this series. Here’s another thing I wrote last year around this time: Im going to be memorizing scripture through the year along with others in my church family who are joining in the journey (Ill be posting about this sometime in the next two weeks). My 8 year old daughter […]
Been away from here the last couple days, but now I’m back. Let’s continue this series shall we? Last year I wrote a “looking forward” kind of post for some of the things I hoped to accomplish, change in the coming year. This year I’m writing a series of post reflecting on that list and […]
This post continues the series I’ve been writing as I reflect on 2010. This has been neat thinking through some of the things I aimed for in the New Years post I wrote last year and what actually happened. Let’s continue: I hope to continue volunteering for some great causes (along with continuing the work I […]
Let’s keep going on this series shall we? Here’s what I wrote around this time last year: On that note, itd be an awesome honor to be invited to be a guest blogger on one of the blogs I read. Dunno if I have anything to offer, but still itd be cool. What happened I still think it’d […]
Hey everyone, I hope your day is going well so far! I love enjoying this time with my family and friends. To all my readers, have a blessed Christmas and a very HAPPY New Year! I’ve included for your reading the text of what I shared last night to my church family (modified a bit […]
A while ago I read an interesting article by Miles McPherson on the Catalyst Blog that begins with a great question, If your church closed down tomorrow, would anyone notice? Would there be a negative impact on your community? I think every church has a desire to have an impact in their community. Even the […]
About a month ago I read a great post by my friend John Pellowe touching on the whole subject of competition between Christian Ministries. You should go read it then come back here. It prompted a comment from me as follows: I love the position you outline here about competition among ministries and it’s a […]