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Sing for Joy in the Shadow
Sing for Joy The last week before my mother’s death, my brother, sister-in-law, and I (with visits from her grandchildren) sat by her bed. I would read the Bible to her, especially the Psalms, not certain if she could hear me, but trusting. And, of course, the Lord spoke to me as I read. During…
Read MoreAdversity and Character
“Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” An NFL analyst-broadcaster-ex-coach recently said this, but that thought is commonly recited as truth. The phrase is only half right. Adversity does reveal character. But hardship also can build character. Adversity Reveals Character Character underlies all you are and all you do. While it is possible to put…
Read MoreWhom Would You Invite?
If you could ask anyone to Thanksgiving dinner, living or dead, whom would you invite? Answers to that question were printed in the Denver Post years ago. My favorite response: “Someone to cook.” Before you read on, think about whom you would invite. If I could invite anyone to dinner, it would be the Thanksgiving crowd from…
Read MorePraise the Giver
All things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. (1 Chronicles 29:14) Everything comes from God God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—created everything and sustains everything. All things belong to God. Whatever we give to God was His before we had it, and when we gave it to Him, it remained His. For…
Read MoreWhat was the Motive?
I’m an introvert, one of those folks who can bump into a just-moved piece of furniture. Perhaps my most famous introvert moment was emerging from my office, still early in the day, after I’d been focused on a project, and walking right by two people without even seeing them. When I walked back with a…
Read MoreYet not I, but God
I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. (1 Corinthians 15:10) We are Responsible Did I do something good? Yes. No, not me. Did God accomplish it? Yes. Last week I talked about our decision to walk right in these troubled times (See Dismayed in these…
Read MoreDismayed in these Difficult Times?
Dismayed? Are you dismayed about current events? I can’t imagine you said anything but “Yes!” Well, I am too. I wish it were otherwise. But it isn’t. As I write this, the terrorist attacks in NY, NJ, and Minnesota just occurred. By the time this is posted, there may be more. What are we to…
Read MoreInterviewed!
I was interviewed on the Danny Yamashiro Show. Check it out!
Read MorePraise Our Father
Almighty God Almighty God is sovereign over everything and everybody all the time. He is infinitely knowledgeable, infinitely wise, infinitely powerful. He is totally other than we are. Isaiah said: In the year of King Uzziah’s death I [Isaiah] saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe…
Read MoreThe Window Through Which You View the World
Folklore: You are the window through which you view the world. Your traits, positive and negative, color what you see. If you are hopeful, you tend to look for “silver linings.” If you’re critical, you tend to look for what is wrong. If you habitually lie, you tend to see others are liars. If you…
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