INTENTIONS REVEALED
The beginning of prayer and meditation can seem frustrating many times. The things on our minds appear to have to compete with our daily schedules […]
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MAKING CHANGES
“When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to […]
GIVE US ELDERS, LORD
When I go through the scripture of how an ‘elder’ is described it is an obvious high calling. The descriptions are of course for any […]
THE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTS
A middle-aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other […]
WHAT’S RIGHT
Richard Bull (1955-2021) After 34 years as a law enforcement officer, advocate and chief, Richard, retired from the Ripon, California police department in 2010. I […]
THE UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.Give a portion to seven, or even eight,for you do not know what […]
DON’T LET IT HAPPEN
Though not one of my favorite personalities, Jeff Bezos of Amazon is an amazing person. He recently stepped down as CEO of Amazon. His parting […]
SETTING AN EXAMPLE
Paul, an apostle, wrote this encouraging and challenging line to Timothy (‘his son in the Lord’)Though Timothy was a young man (perhaps 20’s-30’s). He was […]
COMMON BREAD AND WINE II
Just as the Passover Bread was unleavened (therefore pure and unfermented) and represented the Body of Jesus at the Last Supper when he said, “Take, […]