One Year Later One year ago, I published a post titled, Yesterday Isn’t, Today Is, Tomorrow…Maybe. I won’t rehash all the points I made. But I suggest you go back and read it to see how things have changed. Better? Or worse? There are two issues that surfaced in 2025 that weren’t blipping the radar very loudly until late ‘24. […]
Resolution Resolution is more than the number of pixels on your computer screen. One definition is “An answer or solution to a problem.” Another is “determination.” When typically used on January 1st, it’s usually my 2nd definition. But aren’t they related though? Doesn’t a resolution involve looking back, looking forward, and comparing where you’ve been and how you got there […]
Humble Pie For Christmas It’s the last day of the year. The family has all gone home. The decorations are put away for another year. All that’s left is to vacuum the pine needles. I was reliving the week in my mind when an idle thought intruded. I wondered how many Christmas dinner menus had included humble pie for dessert. […]
Impenetrable We’ve all seen sci-fi movies where the bad guy has an impenetrable shield around him, and no amount of laser beams impact it. We run. Psalm 5 has great encouragement for the child of God, including “favor like a shield” surrounding the righteous man (v12). We don’t have to run because vicariously we’ve already won the war against evil […]
Awed Or Odd? It’s Christmas morning, O dark thirty. Not a creature is stirring…but me. I woke thinking about the original Christmas, which had little to no fanfare. The only display of lights and decorations was “the star in the East” that guided the wisemen to the manger where the King of Kings lay as a newborn. I’m saddened by […]
Can The Bible Be An Idol? An idol doesn’t have to be something on a pedestal that we worship. It doesn’t have to be made out of gold or silver. It could be anything that impinges on or replaces our devotion, commitment, and worship to the one true God, creator of the universe, Who has “granted to us everything pertaining […]