Wrestling with Jacob

A journal of faith, grief and devotional musings

  • http://churchformen.com/men-and-church/where-are-the-men/ Why are Christian churches full of women and lacking men? Widows, single moms, married but without their husbands next to them in the pew defines the largest percentage of church attendees. Why is this so? I think the reasons for it are broad and I don’t have enough time to write on it all,… Read more

  • There are innumerable voices in the world. Voices that come into our ears that effect our thinking to direct our lives into the paths we find ourselves on. We are molded by the voices we receive and reject, these voices shape our thinking into our own distinct voice. It begins at our birth with the voices of those who love us most. Soon afterward we… Read more

  • Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven. But he who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, ‘ Lord, Lord’, have we not prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders in your… Read more

  • I was a 88 pound weakling in the seventh grade, and then there was Bill. He was a 9th grade wrestler and an antagonist bully who never referred to me as Mike but usually as runt or some other four letter word. Bill inspired me to become a wrestler, not because I wanted to be… Read more

  • Grieving the death of a child: You can’t get over it, you can’t get around it, you must go through it. When the funeral is over and the committal has taken place there is a silence we experience that is shocking and frightening. Life must go on, but how? Life changes in every way for the parents… Read more