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Love God, and do as you please

Paradox? Premise?  Promise?  More than likely, all three.  Ken Gire, in his 2006 book, Seeing What Is Sacred, has this to say; “When asked the secret of living the Christian life, Augustine replied: “Love God, and do as you please.” The thought of that is both liberating and confining. Liberating because it means we are free to do [...]

A handful of cherries

One of my Dad’s favorite illustrations about God supplying our needs is a story about a little boy named Johnny. Seems that Johnny was at the Farmer’s Market one afternoon with his Grandma. As usual, Johnny had his beanie cap on. He was staring intently at a big crate of Blackheart cherries when the big man [...]

The message as myth

Myth: 1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon b: parable, allegory A tale, a story, myth. The way we view the world we live in, work in, love in, and one day depart from. [...]

Play-doh people

One of the ministries that is close to my heart is Helping Up Mission in downtown Baltimore. At a point in my life a couple of years ago I considered going down there to live and join their Spiritual Recovery program. Thank God for the mission! The staff, the volunteers, and the residents are all committed [...]

What is hidden hurts us all

For the last week or so I have been helping my buddy, Bob, try to eradicate years of unchecked growth out at his mom’s house in Taneytown. We have tackled forsythia bushes that must be over 12 feet tall. Trying to trim these bushes back to something manageable AND manicured is almost a no-win situation. [...]

Buried treasure

Where is your heart? Where your treasure is. What do you treasure? That is where your heart resides. How do you know what you treasure? Lots of questions. Important questions. The answers reveal a lot. To me. To you. About our hearts, and how important they are to God. Jesus was not one who minced [...]

Uncovered!

Today, Larry and I finished the majority of the destruction of the prior CON-struction at his farm. This is an old farmhouse that has slowly evolved into a newer, old farmhouse. Additions, siding, enclosures, reinforcments; all conributing to the structure that stands today. Hear is the problem: everything that has occurred in the life of [...]

What God is about

Hey folks, Harv here! Wanna throw something your way and see what you think about it. Don’t worry! It’s not that heavy. But, it is important. To all of us.   As many of you know, I am an ex-con and a recovering alcoholic, as well as a believer in Jesus Christ. Makes for a [...]

What’s underground?

Today I was working with one of my friends putting an old telephone pole in a hole. The reason we were even attempting this task was because of the angle that the pole had ended up at. It held a light, and was the spoke for electric wires from his house, to the light pole, [...]

Hello world! It’s me! Harv!

Just got this set-up. I think. Oh, well! One day at a time-one post at a time. Gonna try to keep this blog alive as well as my heart. Maybe this will help my recovery. Talking out loud. In print. Over the invisible electronic tentacles that reach out-and in-to most of our known world. I [...]

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