Understanding our world
Trying to understand the ununderstandable
I was speaking with one of our kids from The Bridge today and she asked for help in understanding a Scripture she had picked to share about in The Sanctuary – our weekly youth church gathering.
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to [...]
The tough questions
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There’s a girl in our youth program who, last week, told us about her friend who had leukemia. During the night, one of our leaders prayed for the girl and her family… for courage, strength, healing, etc.
Well, we found out a day or so ago that the [...]
Perspective
This is a great slap in the face for proper perspective and seeing how our generation today has really become spoiled. The sense of entitlement present in people today, myself included, is sickening. If we were to just step back and look at the bigger picture of our world and what is truly [...]
A question of forgiveness
I sometimes… ok, often times… like to ask questions that really challenge or make you think about your faith. For me, at least, it helps me to have a stronger foundation in what I believe because I really have to think out and examine why I believe what I believe and what it means [...]
Obama’s Inauguration
Barack Obama’s historic inauguration is this Tuesday, January 20. You can watch it live, right here on williamhartz.com/blog. Enjoy!
We got discriminated against!
Yesterday during a break, Alex, my brother, and I decided to go out and get some lunch. We drove down Elizabeth Ave with the intention of visiting Elizabeth Pizza (and let me tell you, that little restaurant has some quality pizza). Parking is sparse many times on the Ave, and so we hunted, [...]
Everything must change…
In this place I make my stand. Joy holds my hand. She places herself behind me as the winds of change sway my decisions in this emotional wave of uncertainty. I’m scared as the wind suddenly halts and again I’m reminded of my faults. But your voice and joy doesn’t stall [...]
I’m still alive. And thoughts on service.
Oh my goodness. Am I blogging? I think I am. So it’s been a month since the last time I wrote. A lot has happened in that month and I wanted to write sooner throughout all that was happening, but I suppose I was just too busy. Or too [...]
Deer
I was working in Raritan, NJ today. I pulled over to the side of the road in order to inspect the gas meter on a house. When done I noticed this deer standing on someone’s front lawn across the street. She was just staring into the window in the front of the [...]
Sometimes when a daddy and mommy love each other…
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