Dr. Jim Wilkins In a couple of weeks we’ll set our clocks back again in conjunction with Daylight Savings Time. It’s never really bothered me that much because change in general doesn’t scare me or concern me. Things change. We see it all around us. All of nature is governed by seasons: winter, spring, summer,…
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Religion, September 2015
Fellowship at the Ranch
Pastor Jim Wilkins It’s a simple thing. When a story begins with “This is a true story,” which is followed by the narrative being told, regardless of whose telling it, the choice becomes for each of us, “Do you believe?” Simple, right? We can make the choice to believe it if there is empirical evidence…
Religion, August 2015
Fellowship at the Ranch
It’s hot. Even on a good day I’m a fairly hot body temperature natured person. When I step outside into the summer Texas air, my body screams at me, “What are you thinking?” My tendency is to crank down the thermostat another notch or two, pull out an old unused room fan to go with…
Religion, July 2015
Fellowship at the Ranch
Jim Wikins Freedom. At what point are we really free? At birth we come out of our mothers’ wombs totally naked, and in a sense finally free of the restriction of space. Now breathing air instead of fluid, blinking at the light instead of seeing only darkness, in only the strictest sense are we now…
Religion, June 2015
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It’s difficult for us. We have such a childlike limited view of time and space; we don’t understand and can’t comprehend the vastness of our universe. The sheer distances involved in interstellar space are seen more through science fiction than science. The entertainment industry has offered us “Beam me up, Scotty,” and “wormholes” for space…
Religion, May 2015
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Contentment is an interesting word, a much sought goal and a seldom activated emotion. It is also a word which apparently has many meanings, so many in fact, that it seems almost subjective to each individual human life. One dictionary defines contentment as “a state of happiness and satisfaction.” Another says it is “the state…
Religion, April 2015
Fellowship at the Ranch – April 2015
Jim Wilkins The implications of an empty tomb from a human perspective are always based in the individual person’s perception of reality. The implications of the same event from a divine perspective are always based in what is real. Do you see the difference? The Roman soldiers that guarded the tomb were in fear for…
Religion, March 2015
Fellowship at the Ranch – March 2015
Consider the nose. That protuberance from the middle of one’s face housing ventilation called nostrils, which admit and exhale the air we breathe bringing oxygen and life into our respiratory system. This fixture of prominence contains specialized cells responsible for smelling, while the hairs within serve as a filtration system against large foreign particles entering…
Religion, February 2015
Fellowship at the Ranch – February 2015
“One of these days,” the old saying goes, that infamous trite, of favor and woes, “I’ll this or I’ll that,” whether it’s my “ship will come in” or “I’ll get rid of this fat!” January comes, and February follows, then slowly but surely the promises hollow. The doldrums return, the vision almost lost, humans fail…
Religion, January 2015
Fellowship at the Ranch – January 2015
Jim Wilkins 2015 has arrived and with it newness. A blank slate, an untouched chalk board, an unpainted canvas awaits you. What do you imagine this new year will bring? Image, imagine, and imagination look and sound as though they are synonyms. One only needs to “google” the word “imagine” to understand the vast difference.…