Philip Dampier's Blog

Most of us are word familiar with “fight or flight response” language. For most of us true blooded Americans the idea of flight is repulsive. We have a fighting spirit and we see ourselves as unconquerable. Like the folks in the old west, we want to strap a gun to…

A couple of days ago I was the guest speaker at the local Kiwanis Club. I went there to talk about my book, The Red Shoe and hopefully to sell a few copies. There was a nice mixture of people and they were certainly friendly. Everyone shook hands and entered into…

The world is passionate about spectator sports, music and art. A hundred men on the football teams and 100,000 watching. Garth Brooks on stage with a backup band and 20,000 in the audience. The Louvre sees thousands of visitors every day. On line book dealers sell thousands of books an…

Interesting word isn’t it? Bothered. As a intransitive verb it means to take the time and trouble; concern oneself. That is exactly the way it is used by Jesus in the story of persistent prayer. The outcome of this story is that a person will eventually give in if you…

I read once that fish grow until they die. Sounds interesting. On the other hand I seem to be shrinking. But, I don’t want to be a fish so that settles that. I suppose that if a fish is in his natural environment, eating his natural food, etc. he stands…

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” I’m not in disagreement with Shakespeare but in this case there happens to be a lot in the name Adam gave his wife. We’re not told if she named him, just that he named her.…

Can you imagine a poor village girl in her early teens pledged to be married and being told she would have a child though she had never been with a man and had no plans of changing that fact until her marriage was complete according to custom? What dreams she…

The garden was a beautiful place and was perfect in every way. No man could have asked for a better place to live. There was little work and everything one would need was provided. Well, almost everything. There were lots of friendly animals but none of them were exactly like Adam.…

“So, what do you think of me now? Didn’t think I would make it did you. Well, I did and no one helped me. I worked hard and I studied hard and I climbed the ladder to success all by myself. I’m a prime example of what a person can…

What an impressive scripture, an impressive thought. We often think of men proclaiming the good news and not enough credit is given to the women of God for their work in sharing Jesus. For centuries men put women in the background where they were to be silent and stay out…