Category Archives: Life Lessons

Ecclesiastes

Posted on July 26, 2011 by mdsimants

My afternoon watch (the portions of scripture that I read post-lunch) has had me in the book of Ecclesiastes the past couple of days. In my afternoon watch, Ecclesiastes gets read about every four weeks. In other words, I’ve read … Continue reading →

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Joplin +6 Weeks

Posted on July 13, 2011 by mdsimants

This evening we took a few minutes and toured some of devastation from the tornado that ripped through Joplin on 22 May 2011. I can sum it all up in one word: sobering. Simply sobering. As we drove through the … Continue reading →

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The Student Becomes The Teacher

Posted on June 13, 2011 by mdsimants

So, mdsimants is bach-ing it this week while sksimants leads a mission trip.  It’s just me and the rugrats. Me. In charge. Uh oh. The best way that I can describe this transition is: sksimants=George W. Bush mdsimants=Barack Obama eksimants/cesimants=Glenn … Continue reading →

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Riding Along

Posted on June 8, 2011 by mdsimants

I hate to be a rider in a car.  I much prefer to drive. We were in San Juan, Puerto Rico about four years ago.  We were in a taxicab.  Our driver had one arm and one leg. Seriously. One … Continue reading →

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Step out on Faith and get Attacked

Posted on June 4, 2011 by mdsimants

Thats the way it works.  When you take a step of faith toward doing Kingdom work, Satan will attack. Yesterday at about 4:45pm, we made a major Kingdom step of faith. By 6:15pm, eksimants was complaining of a headache.  By … Continue reading →

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Discipleship, Justice, and a Death

Posted on May 2, 2011 by mdsimants

Still trying to process thoughts from the Bin Laden news.  I’m quite sure that gloating is not the right direction to go.  And I’m pretty sure that even celebration is not the right direction.  It would seem to me that … Continue reading →

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Three More Lessons From Job

Posted on March 27, 2011 by mdsimants

If you’ve hung around me for more than about five minutes, then you know that I love the Book of Job.  For some reason, God has used this book to deliver numerous kingdom truths (here and here) to me over the past … Continue reading →

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SO, I WENT TO THIS BASKETBALL GAME….

Posted on March 7, 2011 by mdsimants

…and instead received an object lesson in being a Christ-Follower. The church in which we serve sponsors a 9th/10th Grade and an 11th/12th Grade Boys Basketball team. Tonight was a playoff game for our 9th/10th Graders. I learned upon arrival … Continue reading →

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Guest Post From eksimants

Posted on February 20, 2011 by mdsimants

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Job, meet David. David, meet the Disciples. Disciples, meet John Wesley.

Posted on February 7, 2011 by mdsimants

What do Job, David, Disciples, and John Wesley have in common? Continue reading →

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