My wife is visiting her mother and I'm alone at home for the next two weeks. While I miss her dearly, and would much more desire her presence, it is always a good time to reflect, to work with my hands, and detach myself from the world. It's been almost a week now and I've …
Super Bowl Sunday
Are you thinking about football, chips and salsa, beer, commercials and touchdowns? Not me. I woke up at 5 am and craved, but it was God's word that I looked forward to. Touchdowns are fun and commercials are interesting but nothing brings me more joy than learning about and writing about Jesus. So I read …
The Envy of Little Men and Dull Boys
I'm fascinated by how God puts us together. To one he give a first class intellect and another he makes a simple and dull boy. To one he gifts a sweet beautiful voice and to the other the melodic resonance of a bullfrog. But not all advantages are of God. If I am truthful, I …
Raise The Standard!
Have you noticed the prevailing winds? That a deep feeling of dislike of average folks has hatched? I'm not speaking of calling Trump voters "deplorables." That was real, but it was more like a distraction or a slip of a forked tongue. What is happening is more insidious. It's been gradual, subtle, and calculated. Are …
Crazy is Normal for Me.
I'm writing again. I had planned for a respite but the stillness had me thinking it might fatally end my desire to write. When I don't write I read or watch lectures, listen to sermons, or consider the pontifications of my friends and deep thinkers. When I head down this path I usually get lost. …
A Wonderful World
What would it be like if nobody spoke evil of dignities (yes, I meant "dignities"; persons or things worthy of honor and respect); that there are politicians and leaders worthy of respect and honor.That we would conscientiously honor and obey them, and all that are put in authority under them; I mean showing all fidelity, …
I need to tell him this!
I recently overheard someone say to another, "He's gone religious on me," as if they had done a bad thing. I suppose this happens to many of us when we come to faith in Jesus Christ. We lose a few beer drinking friends and are talked about behind our backs. But getting the title "Religious" …
My stay at “The Manor” in Snainton UK
I rarely write publically about my stays while traveling, but this stay needs a loud and enthusiastic review. One of my Romatic fantasies has been to stay in a classic, original, and historic manor house in England. And I never thought it would be possible through Booking.com. Our host Helen lists her Grade 1 three …
Sorrows, When God Brings Them
It is a hard thing to experience sorrow. But the Bible is pretty clear that sorrow affects us all. Among other things, conflicts, depressions, longings, and mornings can bring on sorrows and people are usually at the heart of our sorrows. Hardly has a zucchini caused us true sorrows. I suppose a spoiled crop or …
Are You Of The World
There was a time when I watched television and went to the movies. I enjoyed television cartoons, sitcoms, and even the news. Fantasy, futuristic, cowboy, and manly movies were cool too. This "entertainment" made me think or simply made me happy. I believe I first stopped watching TV after Happy Days, and I can say …
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