Category: Christianity

Dec 18

Tolkien, Lewis, and Underlying Reality

By drjimo in Abide in Christ, Christianity, Discipleship, Faith, Jesus Christ

Tolkien asks: What moves you most? What gives your life meaning? Lewis replies: The stories I love. When I’m done with a story I love, it inspires me. I’m ready to be better. They inspire me and move me. They give me meaning in life. Tolkien says: The reason that stories move you is they get in touch …

underlying reality

May 03

Bob Polk Recognized at Doane University

By drjimo in Christianity, Church, Community, Faith, Family, Leadership, Ministry, Racism (fighting against), Respect and Honor, Servant Leadership, Walk

Update: On April 9, 2025, the 10th annual Robert L. Polk Lecture on Race & Social Justice was held. At the end Bob Polk had some very good words remembering his many years being connected to Doane. Watch via Doane’s YouTube page. Reverend Dr. Robert L. Polk became a friend of my parents, while attending …

Jan 01

Annual Spiritual Checkup from CS Lewis Institute

By drjimo in Abide in Christ, Christianity, Glorifying God, Growth, Jesus Christ, Kingdom, Walk

The annual spiritual checkup begins with “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew …

Dec 21

Three Good Christmas Stories

By drjimo in Christianity, Family, Fellowship

Here are three short stories that I like–and you might also enjoy. Good to read at Christmas time. The Philanthropist’s Christmas – James Weber Linn. This is a story a bit like A Christmas Carol, with a rich man who is gruff (without the Christmas spirit). However, Mr. Carter is not a total cruel as …

Sep 19

Breathing, Mindfulness, and God

By drjimo in Abide in Christ, Christianity, Faith, Glorifying God, Holy Spirit, Prayer

I put the following into ChapGPT: How can Christians use Transformational Breathing to grow closer to God? Please tell me the steps. I don’t need to have the benefits reviewed. I just want to know how to do it. The response: Transformational Breath can be incorporated into a Christian’s spiritual practice as a way to …

breath, mindfulness

Aug 14

On the Sanctification of Believers by John Owen

By drjimo in Christianity, Holy Spirit, Sanctification

John Owen (1616 – 1683) was an English Nonconformist church leader, theologian, and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.

Jun 19

Real fathers don’t kick their sons out.

By drjimo in Christianity, Discipleship, Family

You think about that by Steve Brown. audio https://www.keylife.org/programs/you-think-about-that/kick-him-out/

May 03

Good poem – “To be of use”

By drjimo in Christianity, Faith, Growth, Leadership, Live like that, Walk

I had a colleague shared a poem with me I’d not seen before. Good one, by Marge Piercy in 1973, “To be of use.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/to-be-of-use To be of use The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. …

Feb 21

Tim Keller on the Decline and Renewal of the American Church

By drjimo in Abide in Christ, Christianity, Church, Faith, Providence

Tim Keller, who I respect very much, has written an extensive article on the decline of the American church. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/tim-keller-decline-renewal-american-church/ It is, in fact, part of a yet larger work. Fuller article here. I am one who does believe in the virgin birth, life, death, physical resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, the transforming power …

Jan 14

The Parable of the Broken Door

By drjimo in Christianity, Discipleship, Growth, Jesus Christ, Sin, Uncategorized

Good story. Explanation in meaning of the parable are also included. https://brokendoorministries.com (May need to scroll down a bit.)