Daily Archives: January 5, 2010

Parable of the weeds and the problem of evil

OK, I’ve finally hit on it. Even though it’s explained, I think there’s a lot I can do with the parable of the weeds, because it will allow me to talk about the problem of evil in the world. And that’s a whole lot more interesting than if I, as a non-expert, got up there …

January 5, 2010 – 11:32 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

2010 and still no external drive

After as many times as my hard drive has crashed the past couple years, you’d think by now I’d have purchased a reliable external hard drive. Well, you’d be wrong. Largely that’s because novels are tiny and I have an 8GB flash drive and while it certainly won’t store everything on my hard drive, it …

January 5, 2010 – 11:22 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Rants and asides | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The parable of the sower, perhaps?

It’s been taught and over-taught, but right now I’m leaning toward teaching the parable of the sower. However, since Mark is careful to explain most of Yeshua’s parables, there’s not a lot of mystery to it. Still, it beats a sermon on how to solicit a home insurance quote. Be that as it may, I …

January 5, 2010 – 11:19 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Brainstorming parables

Sometimes it’s easier to find cheap auto insurance than it is to stumble across a good idea. I’ve been working on an emergency backup sermon and found out today I’ll probably need it this weekend. Generally, not a problem. I’ve been doing a lot with the parables of Yeshua lately so all I need to …

January 5, 2010 – 10:59 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , | Comments (0)