Throwback Tuesday - Can I Be a Christian and Still Have Fun? - Martin Wiles

 

Can I Be a Christian and Still Have Fun?

Series: Hey God…I Have a Question

The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. John 2:1-2 NLT

For some, Christianity and enjoyment are mutually exclusive. 

My dad was almost legalistic during my growing up years. His idea of having fun was a trip to the mountains or working in his woodshop. Things like going out with friends, shopping with mom, playing a game with his sons, seeing a movie, going bowling, or taking a fishing trip weren’t often on his list of pleasurable things. Still he wasn’t a sad man and didn’t think Christians should be either. His famous saying for those who equated holiness with frowning was, “They looked like they have been baptized in pickle juice.” Read more...

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Flashback Friday - Enjoy the Journey - Martin Wiles

Enjoy the Journey

When finishing the task is all that’s on my mind, I don’t often enjoy the journey.

I’m task-oriented. Born with a Type A personality and two parents who had the same, I was marked from the beginning. With no chance of being laid back, I live life with rapid fury. How I functioned in college, in particular, illustrates this well. Within the first two days of a semester’s beginning, I received all my syllabi. Contained in those pages were numerous papers I was required to write to receive credit for the course. Rather than waiting until the last minute like many of my classmates, I immediately put my assignments in order by date and began pecking away to complete them. Perhaps my anxiety and hurriedness along the way prevented me from enjoying what I could have learned during the research and writing phase of each project. Read more..

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