Derek and Ali discuss their early dive into how Critical Race Theory and the SBC interact. Difficult times we live in.
Publicly Rebuking Church Leaders?
I was researching a completely different topic when 1 Timothy 5:20 popped out at me today at lunch time. It’s talking about elders/leaders in the church. I always thought issues were addressed behind. Implications? Ali and I talked about it on the patio. Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be…
Hate Wearing a Mask? Me Too. But…
2020 has certainly turned out to be a bizarre year. Pandemic. Cities moving to eliminate law enforcement. Statutes. Mandatory mask orders. Division. I find some of these things bothersome. What I’ve noticed that bothers me more than most anything else is a distinct lack of Christlikeness among some professed Christians. I’ve noticed this among friends,…
Deadly Familiarity
Several days a week find me commuting a little over 70 miles. Once in a while a take an alternate route that takes me through open range land. You know you’re in open range land when you’re driving down a road, usually a Farm-to-Market road, and you suddenly cross cattle guards and the fences disappear.…
The Gospel Comedy
How does the title of this post make you feel? Even knowing what I was going to write later in this post, it was uncomfortable to type those words out. It was inspired by a podcast in which I heard the phrase “The whole Gospel is really comedic…” I was taken aback. Are you uncomfortable?…
Our Little Garden
One of the things that has become apparent during the events surrounding COVID-19 is that our supply chain for everything runs like a well-oiled machine, but right on the edge. Whether it’s parts to build cars or ingredients to build a dinner, a shutdown in one part sends waves throughout the entire system. With some…
Jogging Grandmas and COVID-19
Ali and I recently decided that it was selfish to deny the world the pleasure(?) of the chance to listen to our patio talk at the end of the day. We spend many evenings just talking on the patio. Yes, today we talked about these topics. https://anchor.fm/spiphy-warfare/episodes/ep-eebdso
We have a podcast
So many of our days wind down with a discussion on the patio. The topics vary based on what is going on in our lives but frequently involve religion, politics, or current events. We put our first episode out on Spotify and briefly introduced ourselves and spent a few minutes talking about the education system.…
Yet Another Beef Stick Tasting
This beef stick from Wyoming Gourmet Beef gets good marks. It might be the best one I’ve tried so far. Cowboy Hickory Smoked Angus Beef Stick
Spearmint Oil
So we got spearmint oil, among other stuff, in our November Wellness Box. I’ve been uploading the box openings. I was left a comment wondering what I was going to use the spearmint for. Well, as most anyone my age is bound to know, growing older brings wisdom, and pains. Specifically it has brought me…