First Mobile Post

Is this going to work?
I have not been writing on the blog for a while… Let’s see if I can attach a picture of the mititei I had in So Cal…

Recipe for Increasing My Love for God

Luke 7:47
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
I did not keep up with Tim Challies’ “Memorizing Scripture Together” program. I seem to have different memorization needs. Of course, his program is great… but there are other passages that I think [...]

Debt and Ministry

Something grabbed my attention last year as I read George Muller’s biography. I admired his faith, and thought about the “extreme” financial principles that were foundational to his orphanage ministry. I wonder today whether these principles were necessary in his ministry for it to be what it was, to become what it became; for his faith [...]

Stuffitis

I wrote this about a month ago but did not manage to post it yet. Here it is, finally.
We are going through the “Financial Peace” by Dave Ramsey these days…
While meditating on freedom from stuffitis on my way to work today, it occurred to me that just prior to acquiring stuff, there are questions our [...]

Memorizing Scripture Together

Tim Challies has just started an effort to memorize scripture together. Scripture memorization is an area where I need as much help as anybody else. Read more about it on his blog. This is the first post. And this is the first email message. He will post and email us every Sunday with the verses/passages. [...]

The Wind, One Brilliant Day

The wind, one brilliant day, called
to my soul with an odor of jasmine.
“In return for the odor of my jasmine,
I’d like all the odor of your roses.”
“I have no roses; all the flowers
in my garden are dead.”
“Well then, I’ll take the withered petals
and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain.”
the wind left. And [...]

THE CHANGE WE NEED

So the election is over here in US.  I wrote this to a friend today, and I thought I would share it also on the blog.  Over the last year, it has become increasingly powerful in my mind the importance  of God’s word as a paradigm for perceiving reality, as well as the importance of [...]

Back in US

I lost my drive to blog in Romania. I had to chose how to spend my time, and blogging lost on priority. We are back now, and we tell stories of our trip. If you want to see pictures and I didn’t already sent the links to you, write me. ….America!
There is a perspective that [...]

Day Five

Blogging is tough. The most exciting stuff happening is too private or maybe also self-serving to write in a blog so…
God is good. Craiova is tough for Christians. They are few and weak. They need a lot of prayer and Word, and encouragement. A little goes a long way. They need a lot of other things. [...]

Day Four

Not a very eventful day… Piata Mihai Viteazu looks very different today, but the smells are the same. Mmm… the freshly baked bread, the cheeses, cornuri, smoked sausages and a lot of flowers. We spent the later part of the day (7 hours) on the train to Craiova to see my grandmother and my aunt and [...]