CoffeeBreak With The Word

Jerry Scott

  • Think of the choices you make to go through a time of difficulty to own a better outcome. You endured surgery to replace a knee to regain mobility. You went through counseling and worked at change to overcome a life-controlling… Continue reading

  • Handle the Truth with Care

    Frank came by my office to drop off a pistol he was letting me use for target practice. After he left, I took the firearm in my hand to see how it balanced, raised it to eye level and pointed… Continue reading

  • Expectation dulled by parties, drinking, and shopping?

    “Oh, Jesus, help us,” is my simple prayer sometimes when confronted with the sinfulness and the suffering visited on people I know. And, too, war and terror bring suffering to millions. Poverty and violence keep neighborhoods in a death grip.… Continue reading

  • “Pay up,” Jesus says.

    It’s tax day. Is your return filed yet? Back in late January, I assembled documents, entered the totals of expenses, deductions, and income into the software. My computer did the calculations, and then I pressed ‘send’ – ‘e-filing’ my return.… Continue reading

  • I have authority issues

    Yes, sir! “You have authority issues.” This was my daughter’s comment to me, made in jest, when I resisted some hospital visitation rules during Bev’s stay there. When someone exercises authority ‘just because they can,’ without reason or respect, I… Continue reading

  • A Simpler Faith for a Complex World

    My life is organized around one great principle:  God, the Creator, is King and Lord.  He is not remote, a distant deity.  Through Jesus Christ, His Son, I know Him, living as His child.  His Holy Spirit lives in me,… Continue reading

  • Loving Those Dollars?

    Is my life shaped around true things of value? In Mark 10, we learn about a good, moral young man who came to Jesus asking about gaining eternal life. He was not only good, he was also rich. The tone… Continue reading

  • Keeping an eye on Heaven

    James never was a ‘bad boy,’ never was wildly sinful, certainly not evil. He grew up in a middle class home. Religion was a holiday thing; Christmas, Easter only. He found the path to success, went to college, graduated, got… Continue reading

  • You’d Better Believe It

    “And they lived happily ever after,” is the famed end to many tales. The prince finds his princess, Dorothy goes home to Kansas. My favorite present TV drama, “Blue Bloods,” about a family in NYC law enforcement, wraps up each… Continue reading

  • Pure Gold!

    Pure gold is highly valued. There’s only way to produce it- heat!  When mined gold is mixed with other metals. It must be placed in a crucible where it is heated to extremely high temperatures. This allows impurities to be… Continue reading