Dr. Rus’ Reflections on Life
Posted in Book Reviews, Devotional Books, Watercooler Wednesday on Aug 20th, 2008
This post is taking part in Randy Elrod’s Watercooler Wednesday!
Over on Randy’s Cultural Watercooler discussion for today he asked the question - What book or author has had the greatest influence on you?
First off Randy, that’s really a tough question for a preacher! There are so many and so little time or space to tell [...]
Posted in Devotional Books, NASCAR, Reflections on Life, TV Thoughts on Jun 3rd, 2008
Who is Soapy Sanderson you ask? He was a character on episode three of season one of Northern Exposure. As a movie reviewer I sometimes simply get bored with movies. Yes, I know, some might think that hard to believe, but it’s true. We see a lot of movies, and from time to time, we [...]
Posted in Devotional Books, Watercooler Wednesday on Mar 26th, 2008
Okay, so I didn’t plan to jump into the Watercooler Wednesday posts so quickly. But, since the chatter around the watercooler today is about favorite books, I figured I would jump in with my favorite book
Scanning my bookshelves makes it hard to pick out just one favorite book. I move from the classics such as [...]
Posted in Book Thoughts, Devotional Books on Feb 3rd, 2008
I was reading another entry in my A Year with Thomas Merton book today entitled “Bearing Witness to the Resurrection.” It’s a great entry where Merton talks about where he finds happiness, and where he is most happy. In this particular entry Merton said he is “happier than he’s ever been” while singing in the [...]
Posted in Book Thoughts, Devotional Books, Movie Messages on Dec 20th, 2007
Thomas Merton, as I’ve mentioned before on this blog, is probably one of my favorite spiritual authors. Merton recognized the dichotomy of writing, and actually being a writer. Many people know how to write, but few really write. There really is a difference between theory and actual practice. It’s like the newspaper editor in the [...]
Posted in Book Thoughts, Devotional Books, Devotional Ideas on Oct 8th, 2007
While in seminary I came across a book by Brother Lawrence entitled Practicing The Presence of God. It’s a small book, but an amazing book. Brother Lawrence was a monk who said he got to the point in his life when he found the set times of prayer in the monastery interrupted his time with [...]
Posted in Book Thoughts, Reflections on Life on Sep 10th, 2007
Thomas Merton always seemed to walk a tightrope of complicated thoughts, in the midst of a simple life. That’s probably why he wrote so much. It was a way to possibly un-clutter his mind and sort through all the varied thoughts, ideas and yes, even tensions he found present in his everyday life.
We live in [...]
