Morningside Devotionals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Notice "Burn Notice" a highly touted and much well received television series starring Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Amwar, Bruce Campbell, and Sharon Gless.  While it sounds like sensationalism and a reach is it possible this show can teach Christian's something?  Does the public image of a spy have anything to say to modern Christian's?  If you take it to the ultimate, this show which has nothing to do with the practice of religion, actually does speak about something that does have to do with religion, and it says it brilliantly.  If you cook you know too much heat under something for too long a time can be a disaster. While that is obvious because we call it "burnt," isn't it amazing in modern Christian circles how we manage to miss it? Did God intend that you should burn; would seem not, he covered Moses so he wouldn't burn, and yet, God does control the cooking as we see him using coa...

What is the show Melissa and Joey about?  Did you watch the opening of the show?  Have you seen this ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2jUPjQ6Ml4 The idea is an interesting and upbeat one. Obviously the concept of a single family change is a tough one, and obviously the Bible says some pretty profound things about the family unit; (most of which have not been brought to light - guess why?) but it seems that ABC is taking an interest in trying to get some ideas about the family out there. What do you think about this? Just the fact that a network is trying something like this says something pretty intense to our culture. It's a comedy, that's a friendly format for ideas, if they work, everyone laughs, if they don't then you have the option of saying, "it's a comedy get over it," it's win-win broadcasting at its best. But is it possibly something else? Is it possible that while media often pushes the latest BUZZ of the masses at ...

If you've ever walked down an alley late at night, and realized about halfway down that alley, that you were in a rough part of the town, and, alone, and it was late- you realize just how quickly safety can become much more of an issue than we'd like to believe.  If you've ever been driving along in your car and suddenly it gets bumpy and the steering gets funky-and you have to pull over- and you realize, it's a bad place to be - you realize quickly how safety can become much more of an issue than we believe. If you've ever been in an open forum discussing points of view and your point of view is not the one everybody else is sharing- wow wee, do you ever realize, quickly, how safety is an issue.  In your virtual life, on Facebook, or Twitter, or MySpace (practically dead as a social media tool now, from what I hear?) or on your cell phone with APPS (which is becoming much more popular amongst young folks or so I hear?) or YouTube- can your s...