(Today’s thought comes from the archives. In the past, many commented that it gave them real food for thought. May the Lord bless His Word for us today.) Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? If you’re like a majority… Continue reading

I sometimes experience fear because I am well aware of how vulnerable I am.  A microscopic virus can lay me low. An out of control tractor trailer truck can smash my car.  I live with the up’s and down’s of… Continue reading

Many couples find no reason to take the step of getting married.  “We love each other,” they profess; and they do! “We are committed to each other,” and they are – to an extent; but not enough to commit to… Continue reading

The ad for the resort promised a customized experience shaped to a ‘perfect fit for your expectations.’  That is great marketing to Americans who are accustomed to having things their way. Have you ever stood at a Starbucks counter and… Continue reading

“That’s not me,” I thought while trying to keep a mental distance from ‘those people.’  I found comfort in thinking that I had somehow become better than people who sinned in this way or that. When I heard of some… Continue reading

Mark Twain said, “Clothes make the man.”  The humorist finished that quote saying, “Naked people have little or no influence on society!”  My choice of clothing don’t really change me, but how I am dressed most certainly effects the way… Continue reading

The heavy slabs of concrete in the sidewalk tilted at an angle.  They were displaced by years of steady growth of a tree, exerting force steadily, nearly invisibly.  Through icy winters and hot summers, through years of too much rain… Continue reading

Most of you have not shared my experience of opening a gate and hearing the rolling noise of horses galloping out to pasture. It’s exhilarating!  Dad always kept horses, breeding, training selling them; when I was growing up. What a… Continue reading

Not many Americans would put “meek” on a list of admired character qualities. The people who know how to get things done, who are able to take charge, get the promotions. Success, at least in the earthly sense, comes to… Continue reading

He claims to be a Christian and says he is a minister of Christ, but the email I received from him was full of threatening language about how he was going to contact this one and pressure that one and… Continue reading