Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 24, 2008
My daughters are beyond wonderful. My heart sings just by thinking about them. There is rarely a moment when we’re out of sorts with each other.
Right now as I write I can smell the turnip greens and black-eyed peas cooking in our two crock pots for tomorrow. We’re having a Southern meal as my oldest is bringing [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 24, 2008
In a few short hours the Academy Awards will be on television. I haven’t seen any of those nominated for best picture. Generally I like the ones that the critics hate such as Night at the Museum. This year, I understand, that an insignificant, independent film is the one that might win the big prize. It came out [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 20, 2008
If you’re interested in reading And You Invited Me In, check with your local bookstore such as Barnes & Noble or Borders. As well you can purchase the book from Amazon.com. Thanks for dropping by—read my posts about how the book came about, and how the Lord moved in my life during the time it was being written. [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 17, 2008
This is a picture of my youngest daughter and of course I’d take a bullet for her. But that wasn’t what God asked me. I was sitting in a church with a group of gay people, where if a gunman had come in and asked for all the straight people to leave I could have left. [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 15, 2008
Here is a link to my website with information about the book: www.AndYouInvitedMeIn.com
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 15, 2008
There are absolutes in this world. The sun does rise and set. And as well gravity plays an important part in our daily lives.
In my early days as the “conservative of Conservatives” I believed there were all kinds of absolutes for people who crossed spiritual boundaries into sin. Most of my conservative friends believed [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 13, 2008
My maternal grandparents in the mid-1940’s
I’m still a proponent of conservative Christianity, and still consider myself a conservative. But in my first years of conservatism—okay, maybe a decade or two—I took conservative Christianity a bit too far. I never got caught up in a lot of emotionalism, and my most earnest commitments were made in [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 13, 2008
(My mom at her baptism, around 1940)
My life experiences are nothing exceptional, but I want to share the events that moved me down the road to writing And You Invited Me In.
I came from a fairly regular family. My father was a denominational minister and my mother was a pastor’s wife, mother and occasional college [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 10, 2008
I hope you have enjoyed reading And You Invited Me In, and will recommend it to your family and friends. This blog is for the purpose of knowing how the book originated and more about my life.
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: February 9, 2008
Book Beginnings
I don’t know how many people can remember what it was like in the mid-80’s and early 90’s when the topic of AIDS came up. Everyone was scared they would be infected with the virus. One of my distant relatives stated that he wasn’t going to swim at his club anymore for fear he [...]
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