Someone had this inscribed on their tombstone: Pause dear friend as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now, you soon will be. Prepare yourself to follow me. Below it, another person had added the following: To follow you I’m not content, Until I know which way youContinue reading “Life In The Right Lane”
Category Archives: Odds & Ends
Learning To Live With Our Assumptions
Ned and Ed are brothers. There were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year to the same mother. They are not twins. How can that be? It’s my privilege to be teaching a group of young men about teaching. The class essentially has two parts: having something to sayContinue reading “Learning To Live With Our Assumptions”
In Support Of Diversity In Marriage
The effort to institutionalize same sex relationships is just one of the latest chapters in our culture’s push back against God in regard to His gift of sexuality. The sexualization of just about everything that moves (including children), promiscuity (and the glamorization of it), pornography (we now have mommy porn like Fifty Shades of Gray), abortion (muchContinue reading “In Support Of Diversity In Marriage”
Inflating Or Inspiring?
No one is sure exactly where the word hype comes from. Some think it came about by shortening the word hyperbole. Others think it has something to do with illicit drug use and the hypodermic needle—getting “hyped up.” Then there’s the thought that it simply comes from the prefix hyper. I suppose one explanation is as good as another or maybeContinue reading “Inflating Or Inspiring?”
I Am So Angry!
Jonah was one angry guy! He gave an eight word sermon, had an entire city respond to it, and it only made him angrier! We don’t know for certain exactly why he was angry with the Ninevites (maybe someone in his family had been killed or suffered at the hands of the Assyrians), but it’s obvious that this destructiveContinue reading “I Am So Angry!”
“I hate that they have hope”
The story of Malaysia Flight 370 was a difficult one to follow. At the most basic level, we hurt for the family and loved ones of the 239 passengers as their agony played out in excruciating bits and pieces under the bright lights of a world wide stage. On another level, this incident seemed to reflect manyContinue reading ““I hate that they have hope””
Hope Defined
There’s something else that comes into play when we think about the blessing of hope. It’s not just a matter of connecting our future to our present, there’s also the matter of keeping our eyes on the prize. Too many times, I think we forget what our hope (the prize) is. We are deceived or distracted intoContinue reading “Hope Defined”
Hope Deferred?
To have hope is to have a future. The late Christopher Reeve was close to the mark when he said, Once you choose hope, anything is possible. (If he had Christ in mind when he spoke those words, then he was right on the mark!). To have Christ is to have hope. Peter reminds his readers they have beenContinue reading “Hope Deferred?”
God’s Handiwork
I enjoy working with wood. It’s just a hobby and my tools far exceed my talent, but still, there’s something quite satisfying about the whole process. One of my current projects involves three benches. We have one we use at our table that I made about fifteen years ago and it has proven so versatile over the yearsContinue reading “God’s Handiwork”
God Is So Good
Margie was 91 when she passed away (it’s been several years now). She lived a long, full life. In fact, she had reached the point in life where not only was she not ashamed of her age—she was proud of it. I called her after her last birthday and after telling me her age she informed meContinue reading “God Is So Good”
A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green 