Tag Archive: Christian living

Why Your Local American Church Pew is the New Missionary Field

Most Americans today create their own brand of religion. They call it Christianity. It combines a little Dr. Phil, some feel-good sayings from Joel Osteen, a dash of positive thinking/law of attraction, and a ‘God Loves You’ bumper sticker and Fish emblem on the rear of the minivan. The whole dance is set to the…

Real: Up Close and Personal

photo credit: preciouskhyatt When the concept of surrendering and getting real began to surface in my life, I had mixed feelings. Mostly fear and excitement, but some anxiety and wariness as well. When the excitement hit, I started envisioning a blog post. It was based on the fact that Christians are to confess our sins…

Coming Soon

Well folks, it’s cold. School is canceled, the hubby is home for the next three days, and there’s snow piled high against the doors. So why haven’t I been been blogging my heart out? I’ve been busy. A small group of us have been hard at work setting up a new website for Christ followers….

Louder Than Words

Things have been pretty quiet here. But that’s okay. When you get alone with God…and honor and embrace Him for all that He is… Holy Changeless Powerful Peaceful Generous Genuine All-knowing Blessed Beautiful Glorious Jealous Just Righteous The source of all truth, wisdom, goodness…. love Eternal Perfect …you may find yourself speechless. But that’s okay….

Celebrating a Christian Halloween

WARNING: This post, like many others here at Blue Duck, contains materials that some may find offensive because it expresses my views about Christianity. If you can’t handle it, please click away now. Thanks. Opening My Eyes My son attends a Christian school. Last year on Halloween, we had a HUGE meltdown in our house…

Character Development for Dummies

Character is a term that most people think they understand. (I mistakenly thought I could accurately define character until recently.)Take a poll in your neighborhood and most will answer that, yes, they have character. But ask them what character is and you may be rewarded with a puzzled, blank stare. If you have a hard…