Brevity Pondering mortality is not the most pleasant endeavor! So, let’s state the obvious, right? Yesterday’s paper reported the tragic death of Thomas Herrion, a young football player with the San Francisco 49’ers, immediately following an exhibition game in Denver… Continue reading

One of my favorite channels is Discovery where some splendid nature videos are played. (I like Discovery’s -“Mythbusters” too, but that’s for another TFTD!) The brutality of survival fascinates me when I see, for instance, the big cats of Africa… Continue reading

That’s what a beautiful young woman said to me yesterday! She went on to tell me how her spiritual life has deepened remarkably, how her marriage has been so much better, that she has a clearer grasp on what things… Continue reading

An obscure text became God’s instruction and promise to me a long time ago. In Numbers 18:20-21 the Bible says, “The LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among… Continue reading

Kids can be unbelievably cruel to each other. The smallest difference can become a cause for taunting and making fun – ‘you’re too fat,’ ‘your glasses are ugly,’ ‘your jeans are weird.’ Any parent knows the how terrifying that kind… Continue reading

“I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family.” Isn’t that what that fat, happy purple dinosaur character sings to the kids watching TV? It’s easy to poke fun at the corny expression of the importance of ‘connectness,’ but…… Continue reading

Yeah, I get anxious and I chew on my nails! Why exactly do so many people who are full of anxiety chew on the ends of their fingers? I do not have an answer for that question. There are plenty… Continue reading

Our Wednesday Bible Study has been working through a series of lessons about spiritual disciplines, the choices we make to open our lives to the inflow of the Spirit and to defeat sinfulness. In addition to the Scripture, our guide… Continue reading

Living in a time and nation where food of every kind is available in such abundance, I don’t feel as grateful as I should for the bread that I eat from day to day. The prayers I say before meals… Continue reading

The noblest impulse in us is so quickly compromised by selfish interest. What begins as the best intended plans to make a better world can easily be turned into a means of feeding the needs of the ego, of enriching… Continue reading