Chances are good the post was fake at the time. It certainly did make for a fantastic parody gag cartoon prompt. RIP Chuck

Something I heard in a sermon at church recently really stuck with me. In Romans 12:2 Paul writes: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” Think about this for a moment. When Paul wrote this nearly 2,000 years ago, he had no knowledge of modern neuroscience. There were no brain scans, no studies on neural plasticity, and no scientific language to explain what happens inside the brain when our thinking changes. And yet today neuroscience has discovered something remarkable: the human brain can actually rebuild and form new neural pathways. Our thinking patterns can physically reshape the brain over time. That sounds an awful lot like what Paul was describing. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” The more time we spend in God’s Word, the more time we spend with God in prayer and reflection, the more our minds begin to change. Over time our thoughts, attitudes, and perspectives start to shift. Old patterns lose their grip and new ones take their place. Science calls it neuroplasticity. Scripture called it the renewing of the mind. It’s amazing to see how discoveries in modern science sometimes echo wisdom written thousands of years ago. Transformation doesn’t begin with circumstances. It begins with time spent with God and the renewing of the mind.

I have been practicing being a mime lately... And well.. I've hit a wall.