Inyo Register: By the Creek
The Inyo Register is allowing us to submit an article every week. (Thank you, Inyo Register!) Articles are written by Pastor Kelly Larson and other members or friends of Bishop Creek Community Church.
Scratch and Sniff Bibles?
Published in the Inyo Register on May 19th, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
Bibles have indeed come a long way since the days of massive scrolls needing to be rolled out in order to be read. Along came the modern style books which allowed it to be read with much greater ease having been nicely bound in one volume. Eventually in 1455 came the printing press which put the book into many more households. Truly a blessing to the masses. And even since those days we have continued to see developments to the presentation of God’s Word, some for the better, some…I am not so sure about. Read more »
A Mother’s Godly Legacy
Published in the Inyo Register on May 12th, 2012 Written by Linda Wisdom
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and for most it’s a day of joyful celebration with cards, gifts and even a cake or two. For others, the day passes without much notice, and for some, it’s a day tinged with a bit of sadness, as a mother no longer living is quietly remembered. It can also be a day of incredible anticipation for the happy mothers-to-be. Read more »
You Hypocrite!
Published in the Inyo Register on April 28th, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
How many times have I heard these kinds of statements; “I don’t want to go to church because it is full of hypocrites. Those people in there make me sick; you can’t trust any of them. I don’t want to have any part of them. I used to go there but no more, no way.” Read more »
Blind Spots
Published in the Inyo Register on April 21st, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
Owls are amazing creatures. God has given them astonishing abilities, especially when it comes to their vision. For starters, their eyes are disproportionately large for their size, allowing them to capture vast mounts of light and a large range of vision to aid in their nocturnal hunting. Additionally, they are able to survey all around them by turning their heads up to 270 degrees which permits them to see behind them without rotating their torsos. This ability allows them to turn with negligible effort and minimizes the amount of noise made as it waits for its prey. In addition to all this the eyes can operate independent of each other allowing them to “multitask.” Read more »
Tomorrow Never Comes
Published in the Inyo Register on April 14th, 2012 Written by Linda Wisdom
When I teach young kids I often ask them to wait until the end of the story to ask questions. This helps eliminate hopping down the proverbial rabbit trail. A while back I taught about the importance of responding to God’s Word when you first hear it and I shared a story about a young boy in Southeast Asia who was the first in his family to accept Jesus as his savior. He was quick to share his new faith with his father, but the response was always the same—not today, maybe later. After about the third time the father said this in the story, one of the kids in my class blurted out with great excitement “I know! I know! It’s like ‘Free beer tomorrow’, but tomorrow never comes!” Okay, stay with me on this one. Read more »
Who is Jesus?
Published in the Inyo Register on April 7th, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
When we ask a question about who someone is, we want to know who they are and what is their function or purpose. That is why we ask, “What do you do?” after we initially meet someone. Basically, we are asking them to “verify” their identity and their purpose in life. Think about it, how history has labeled many. Attila the Hun, Henry the Eighth, John the Baptist, Alexander the Great, Catherine the Great, Herod the Tetrarch, even Winnie the Pooh. The person’s (or bear’s) identity is stated and then an adjectival noun describing their primary nature. So when we ask that question of Jesus, we really need to ask, “Who is Jesus the Christ?” Jesus is His name, and the term the Christ, or Messiah affirms His mission, that of Savior. Read more »
Foolish Thinking
Published in the Inyo Register on March 30th, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
April Fool’s Day- Well, we’ve made it to that time of year again when we celebrate a particularly odd day in society, a day in which pranks, tricks and hoaxes are “sanctioned,” well, sort of. In any case practical jokes rule the day (Doesn’t “practical” imply that there is some sort of pragmatic value?) It’s difficult to ascertain when this traditional day of tomfoolery was initiated but many historians speculate it was in the mid first millennia, perhaps in the Middle East. But I would suggest it goes much farther back than that, in fact to the Garden of Eden. Read more »
From the Top Down
Published in the Inyo Register on March 24th, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
There is an interesting little story in the Book of Genesis chapter 11 in regards to a group of people building a tower in order to reach God. We know this as the Tower of Babel. These people are so enthusiastic about encountering God that they take it upon themselves to build an incredibly tall tower so as to facilitate the meeting. Though it is debatable if they are trying to climb to heaven themselves, or merely providing a descending staircase for deity to utilize, the point is that they think they can do something to invite the presence God or heaven. Read more »
“Dirt Bag”
Published in the Inyo Register on March 17th, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
It’s hard to think that a statement such as, “You dirt bag!” could be taken in anything but the pejorative. After all, we would not infer that someone desires to issue us a blessing in some form or another with these words. But, if you think about it for a moment, there is a lot of truth in that statement. We are made of dirt, of dust. Genesis 2:7 says, “Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” So even though we are fabricated out of the elemental matter of creation, there is something that sets us apart from every other living being, or substance of creation. Read more »
Quasimodo Bride
Published in the Inyo Register on March 10th, 2012 Written by Kelly Larson
Many of us have read Victor Hugo’s, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a classic, yet dark depiction of a physically deformed; socially rejected “orphan” whose name is Quasimodo. He is a grotesquely malformed person who has been relegated by society to merely ringing the bell at the great cathedral of Notre Dame, which subsequently caused his deafness. Of minimal verbal abilities, facial deformities, partial paralysis in his limbs and yes, the hunch in his back, he was abandoned as a baby, and lived out his days in the cathedral, as the public shunned him for his appearance. One of the rare excursions outside was to the Festival of Fools where he was elected Pope of Fools because of his perfect hideous “disguise,” a rare time of acceptance by the community. Read more »
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