Posted: May 23, 2024
“If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ they do not belong to Christ.”1 That’s pretty clear. And not only do believers have his Spirit, they also “have the mind of Christ.”2 Which is pretty amazing! But if believers have Christ’s mind and his Spirit, then why do so many struggle so much?
Continue Reading “Mere Humans”
Category: Blog
Posted: May 16, 2024
Paul writes, “for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”1 The question is, have we? Have we “learned to be content whatever the circumstances”? I would say, much of the time, no. For we do not stay satisfied long. We continually ask God for things. Of course, we are instructed to “pray without ceasing.”2
Continue Reading “Enough, Already!”
Category: Blog
Posted: May 9, 2024
I was driving down the interstate and carefully shifted into the outer lane in order to pass the slower moving cars. I was going 70-mph in the 60-mph zone. Suddenly a car appeared behind me. He was right on top of me! It startled me, and I said aloud, “Where did you come from?” He
Continue Reading “The Case for Kindness”
Category: Blog
Posted: May 2, 2024
Three Scenarios of Trying to Be Good Scenario #1: Recently, Ruth, my 95-year-old mother-in-law called me from her hospital bed. She had been admitted due to multiple issues that were causing her to feel weak and sick. “Hey Deb,” she said when I answered the phone. “Ruth, how are you?”
Category: Blog
Posted: April 25, 2024
The first commandment is the key to understanding everything. It reads: “You shall have no other gods before me.”1 It sounds simple to us: Love God. Okay. We got it. No problem. And that’s the problem. 🙁 We probably break this commandment every day of our lives! 😯 And here’s how. St. Augustine said,
Category: Blog
Posted: April 18, 2024
Oswald Chambers writes, “Eternal Life has nothing to do with time.”* This is a hard concept for us to digest. We are driven by time, so to imagine that the promise for eternal life has nothing to do with time is . . . well, it’s unimaginable! So, if it is not a reference to
Continue Reading “Eternal Life”
Category: Blog
Posted: April 11, 2024
We are a suspicious lot, we humans. We suspect that good things—really good things—are probably not true. Many of us live by the adage If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And so we naturally doubt. When you peel it all away, when you break it all down, we just
Continue Reading “Too Good to be True”
Category: Blog
Posted: April 4, 2024
TRUE STORY I decided to get the car washed. I mean really washed, so I went to the neighborhood establishment. A uniformed woman greeted me and asked if I wanted the interior and exterior cleaned. I said, “Definitely,” and chose the best package. She slapped a ticket on my windshield and away I went. Behind
Continue Reading “The Car Wash”
Category: Blog
Posted: March 28, 2024
Why does Easter move around on our calendar? Valentine’s Day is always February 14th. Mother’s Day is the 2nd Sunday of May and Father’s Day is the 3rd Sunday of June. July 4th is celebrated on July 4th! (Duh!) Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November; Christmas is the 25th of December. New Year’s Day
Continue Reading “Bunnies and Eggs?”
Category: Blog
Posted: March 21, 2024
I think Paul’s favorite word/topic was grace. He uses it countless times in his writing. As a matter of fact, did you know that he opens and closes every single letter with some variation of “Grace to you”?1 Really! Go ahead! Check it out. I’ll wait. 🧐. . . 🤔. . . 😬 . .
Continue Reading “Grace to You All”
Category: Blog
