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Is it Biblical to prep? Should you be stockpiling food?
You really can’t spend two minutes browsing on YouTube without coming across a video on prepping. Or is it just me? Maybe it’s because I watch a lot of gardening, canning, dehydrating, and herbalism videos. I guess YouTube thinks it had better recommend some prepping videos to me to go along with all that. 🙂 For a long time, the word “prepper” had a kind of “oh, yeah–those crazy people with a basement full of rice and beans” connotation. Anyone who kept a surplus of food was Little Red Hen, clucking to all who would listen that the sky was about to collapse. I remember watching “Doomsday Preppers” and thinking…
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One Year Bible: February 26
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul? Mark 8:36 To read today’s portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Leviticus 19:1-20:21Mark 8:11-38Psalm 42:1-11Proverbs 10:17 We went to Dick’s drive-in in the U-District Thursday (U being University of Washington, for those of you unfamiliar with my exotic, sophisticated, Washingtonian lingo). It wasn’t optional. As far as I know, it’s not possible to drive to and from SeaTac airport without making the obligatory stop at Dick’s — our version of In-and-Out Burger. Got in line. Gave our order: Two deluxe, four…
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One Year Bible: January 25
“For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26). To read today’s portion of scripture, purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible: Genesis 50:1 – Exodus 2:10 Matthew 16:13-17:9 Psalm 21:1-13 Proverbs 5:1-6 When I think about this verse from Matthew, I think about Bill and Bruce, and what I observed the day I saw both of these rich men. Here’s a post from a few years back. We went to Dick’s drive-in in the U-District Thursday (U being University of…
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Rich Man
[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] We went to Dick’s drive-in in the U-District Thursday (U being University of Washington, for those of you unfamiliar with my exotic, sophisticated, Washingtonian lingo). It wasn’t optional. As far as I know, it’s not possible to drive to and from SeaTac airport without making the obligatory stop at Dick’s — our version of In-and-Out Burger. Got in line. Gave our order: Two deluxe, four cheeseburgers, four fries, two tartar, three vanilla shakes, one diet Coke. And then Dave said, “Isn’t that Bill Gates?” Sure enough. Two lines over, smiling and trying not to notice…
