I am posting this article by Dr. Adams in the Just Pondering section, rather than just to the Daily Must Read, because I think what he writes is desperately important for us to read in today’s increasingly politically correct, morally relativistic world and needs to run for more than just one day. 

Christians are accused of being “exclusive,” “arrogant,” “intolerant” and/or “divisive” by claiming access to God is through Jesus Christ alone; yet, as Dr. Adam’s so wonderfully articulates this argument would be more accurately directed not against Christians, but against Jesus Christ himself.  Christians who try to ignore or excuse away His truth deny Christ, His Word and their own faith

John 14:6 For Dummies by Mike Adams May 31, 2010

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My Top Ten Insights From Being A Church Secretary

I originally wrote a version of this for the newsletter at the church I work at.  I thought it might be fun to update it for a general audience.  Although, not in any particular order, I will leave what I consider the most important insight I’ve learned as a church secretary for last.  Working at a church has been the most rewarding employment I have ever had.  The opportunities which arise to make “little differences” make it much more than just a “job” (it also helps there are no customers to yell at me).  So now, allow me to share some insights I have learned as a church secretary.

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Note:  I wrote this for “prospective” parents.  Those who are already parents know the following information and will probably just nod as they read.

Recently my daughter and I had what I will euphemistically call a “broo-ha-ha.”¹ Later that evening I related events to my husband with righteous indignation.  After I was done, he patiently, but pointedly, explained why I was wrong and our daughter was right.  My husband was right.  I came to understand my daughter was right and I was the one in the wrong.  Now if I had been all alone in this parenting venture, I might have blown off steam to a friend who would have cooed and agreed with me to make me feel better, because that is what friends do, or for no other reason, just to shut me up.  Unlike a spouse, a friend has no vested interest in how someone else raises their kid.  Where as parents have an absolute interest in how their child turns out.

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When I turned 21 I thought, “Now I’m a grown-up!”  Then I turned 30 and thought, “Ok, I’ve done a lot of stupid stuff since I turned 21, but now I’m a grown-up; I’m married with a child.”  Then I turned 40 and thought, “Dear Lord, I am so screwed up.  Please help me to grow up and be the person you want me to be.”  Maybe this is why God used to let people live hundreds of years; growing up can take a long time for some of us!  I look around and see we are all at different points in our growing up; in maturity of thinking, in our spiritual life and our relationship with God, in our ability to think of others first, not just ourselves, in controlling or delaying our impulses and wants, in controlling our anger, and on and on. 

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