Durocher's Blog

If you were ever to find yourself in the valley of the shadow of death, you might fear that you would have an encounter with an R.O.U.S. What is an R.O.U.S. you ask? An R.O.U.S. is a r odent o f u nusual s ize. They will kill you. If you have no idea what I am talking about then just think of a wolf. A wolf is not an R.O.U.S., but since you are so culturally out of touch with Princess Bride-isms, a wolf will have to do. Think of you being a sheep and an R.O.U.S. being a wolf--you'd be scared. You'd be lunch! In the well known psalm it says: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,  I will fear no evil,  for you are with me ;" Today my family and I attended a funeral, and of course, they quoted psalm 23. As I sat and listened to the discussion at the funeral I had an overwhelming feeling of how awesome christian funerals are. I don't mean "christian" funerals. I mean a funeral for someone who is without a shadow of a doub

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing , give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." Pray without ceasing What does it mean to pray without ceasing? Seriously? Do we just go on and on talking endlessly to God for the rest of our lives? What is prayer anyway? The simplest definition of prayer is, "talking with God". Sounds simple enough, so it seems pretty easy to understand what " pray without ceasing " means. We are to be talking with God all the time. Keep in mind though, when you are talking with someone you should be listening at least half of that time. Unless you are talking with a woman, in that case you might be listening ninety percent of the time! Oh my, that is such a sexist joke--shame on me! Women can do anything men can do! Only better! Right ladies? :) Any monkey can do that Last week I was graciously reminded by God what it means to be in constant communion with Him. I was in t

"You'll never change. You're just like your parents and they are just like their parents. You are all total failures". " Why can't you be like your sister? She's doing something with her life. You're just a failure" . "Why do you even bother to try? You'll just fail. You're a failure" . We live in a culture of self-esteem building. Kids are inundated with praise and pump ups so they won't have low self esteem. Does it work? Is everyone glad they got a trophy just for showing up--late? Is it possible that when you fail to tell people they have failed that they risk growing up without the ability to know what real failure is? Do you actually destroy their self esteem? I think so. What is failure? Failure has two facets. One has instant results and is the lack of achieving a desired outcome. You take a test and don't achieve the score--you fail. You try to be nice to someone and instead you are a jerk--yo

"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me" Jesus My journey (warning: much Christianese language will be used) I didn't grow up in the church. As a matter of fact, I grew up so far from the church that the church was about as foreign to me as Hinduism. I didn't even know enough about the church to call them a bunch of hypocrites. The thought of christians never entered my mind. I knew some Catholics, but I didn't really think of them as christians. I didn't really think much about christianity at all. Then things changed. Jesus came calling and I was 'born again' just before my 30th birthday. It was August 2000. I will never forget that time as a new believer. When I received the Holy Spirit--I was undeniably changed. I was a walking love machine--full of emotion. I suddenly loved everything and everybody. It was radical, as they say. But here's the catch--sh