Entries by Augie Ristow

The Ultimate Selfie

Headline #1 – The Ultimate Selfie is Dangerous The big buzz at Disneyland this past June was the ban placed on selfie sticks.  Apparently someone got hurt using their selfie stick going down Splash Mountain.  But that is not the ultimate selfie. The ultimate selfie is selfishness.  It is there because God’s divine love isn’t.   […]

Why This World is in Such a Mess

This Year was the Worst That I Can Remember It seems like the year 2015 will go down in history as one of the worst.  I mean, how many innocent people were killed by terrorists?  How many were shot in our streets.  How many suffered persecution, even martyrdom for their religion? As a Christian, I […]

The 21st Century Church

We Can’t Go on This Way We are now almost sixteen years into the 21st century.  We continue to make advances in technology such as smart phones.  There have been some remarkable strides in medicine.  And yet, much has been the same.   Daily shootings.  Disease spreading.  Decline in earning power.  Housing out of sight.  Wars […]

Healed Love – Holy Love

For many years I carried a lot of spiritual baggage But that all changed when I discovered the forgotten teaching of Jesus.  It was as if the Holy Spirit unfroze my hand which held so tightly to my spiritual baggage.  I call this wonderful experience healed love – holy love. Two Bible passages are so […]

Thanksgiving

What does the story of Thanksgiving mean to me? I was asked that question not so long ago.  I didn’t have a catchy response, so I replied that I am thankful for everything, which includes (as my dad used to say), “the good, bad and the indifferent.” For me the story of Thanksgiving is the […]

Agape

Dedicated to a clear understanding of the word Agape There is much that has been written on the subject of Agape.  Agape means unconditional love to which we human beings aspire. This blog is dedicated to help everyone understand the word Agape.  See you next Wednesday!