Epicurus was a Greek philosopher who believed that man needed to not stress about life and death because death wasn’t painful, but merely the end of both the body and the soul. What’s to fear? He taught how to learn to find peace and freedom from pain. How did that work out? Today, more than […]
True North
Polaris is the trio of stars a little more than half of one degree off of a straight line of the longitudinal axis of the earth. Appearing to the naked eye as one star, Polaris is the spot at the tip of the handle of The Big Dipper in the northern hemisphere, and because it […]
Time Has Come Today (cont.)
Is time running out on the world as we know it? Probably. So what can we do? What should we do? Well, for one – we never give up. Let’s put on a new self. New attitudes, new behaviors, new words of kindness….and fresh, new faith. Jesus said, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, […]
Time Has Come Today
Every time I hear this song by The Chambers Brothers my whole body starts to dance – even sitting down. It was released in 1968 during the first year of our marriage (now 55 years strong) and during the toughest year in post-war America. Martin Luther King was assassinated in April and Bobby Kennedy in […]
Enough Pain To Go Around
When the world seems to be closing in on you – just remember that you’re not alone. Most people are hurting in some area of their life. If we have received some measure of comfort for our pain, we need to share that consolation with others. “Pay it forward,” as they say. Sometimes all it […]
Rules To Follow
We are a nation of laws in the United States of America. Boy, do we have laws. More laws equals more lawsuits. When God gave the Ten Commandments, they covered the most important ingredients for a good life. What did Israel do? They added 613 rules to them. How many millions more have we added […]
The Who, What, When, Where and Why of sin
Sin begins with temptation. Temptation happens to all of us – even to Jesus. Most of us encounter temptations from others (Who) and if comes from different angles, such as “of the flesh” – such as a sexual appetite or a food or alcohol/drugs appetite (What). Are you tempted when you are hurt of frustrated […]
Incompetent – or wrongly positioned?
God created us all. He made us special – with qualities of minds and skills to be successful. In us, He created order out of chaos. If someone seems to be underperforming, then they must be in the wrong vocation. Seek God’s will for our lives. We will be better off in this morally corrupt […]
Is It Really That Bad?
Jeremiah may have been a bullfrog in the Three Dog Night album, but he was also one of the prophets of the Old Testament. He was the one who probably complained the most. But he also learned great lessons from God. In Lamentations 3:27 he teaches: “It is good for a man that he should […]
What Is Your Religion?
Like our American treasure, Bob Dylan, sang: “You’re gonna have to serve somebody. It might be the devil, or it might be the Lord, but you gotta serve somebody.” Approximately one-third of global population identify as Christian, meaning the other two-thirds follow other beliefs. Belief in man vs. God is as large as any religion, […]
