RIGHT TIME TO TALK
François Fénelon (1651-1715) priest, theologian and poet wrote concerning Spiritual Progress: “Silence promotes the presence of God, prevents many harsh and proud words, and suppresses […]
Journals
CONFLICTING GOSPEL
The gospel of the Kingdom is conflicted when we dualistically try to live with two opposing views at the same time. For example: It is […]
DISCOMBOBULATED
Recently Roz was talking to a neighbor and the woman told her that ‘she was discombobulated.’ Knowing some of this neighbor’s circumstances it was a […]
HOW WE THINK
Bob Mumford, teacher and author recently wrote: “Paul is not telling us what to think. He is telling us how to think. Notice what he […]
DON’T FORGET
“The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11 were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. That morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East […]
STAYING SHARP
The Book of Ecclesiastes is a collection of wisdom sayings by Solomon. This is one I was thinking about: “When you chop wood,there is danger […]
EATING OUT
I read a very recent survey concerning the restaurant industry. “The industry is now on track to have its best year ever in 2024, with $1.1 trillion in […]
CRAZY CONTESTS
It is often kind of fun when someone who is a little bit crazy gets put into situations that aren’t. That is, until what’s kind […]
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
Recently I heard a conversation on NPR about Louis (Louie, Satch) Armstrong (1901-1971) musician and singer and I then read a blog piece about him […]
STILL A FREE CHOICE
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) author and professor wrote of what he felt like when he submitted in faith to become a Christian: “The odd thing was […]