by Jim Stitzel | Jan 31, 2006 | General
Amazing what a difference a smile can make! I needed to run to the store over lunch today to pick up a few things, and as is typical, I made a point of observing people. Lately, I’ve been paying more attention to the way people behave, trying to decipher the...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 30, 2006 | General
I admit it — I’m having a hard time coming to terms with the emergent movement. Maybe it’s because I’ve almost always been in churches that have their acts together, that are active both in ministering to the Body and in reaching out to the...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 27, 2006 | General
I am again taking “requests”:http://open-dialogue.com/blog/?p=177 for ideas to write about. I’ll let the suggestions collect over the weekend, and when I get back on Monday, we will see what interesting tidbits you all have left for me. This may get...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 27, 2006 | General
Have you ever noticed how most people in our culture are uncomfortable with silence? We leave our TVs and radios on, even in rooms that are unoccupied, just so that there is some sort of auditory interest. In conversation gaps and lulls have to be filled with...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 26, 2006 | General
Some of you may know that I am a _huge_ fan of the wildly popular _Halo: Combat Evolved_ and _Halo 2_ video games for Xbox. I enjoy them so much that they were the motivating force behind my purchasing an annual subscription to “Xbox...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 24, 2006 | General
Here we go…. bq. Ok. You walk through one of those portals you talked about in your last post. Tell us what you see. – “Theresa”:http://www.thismomblogs.com/ The air is hot and rank with the stench of sulfur. The sun is high in the sky, but the...
