“Jesus won the war. Trust Him in the battles.” — Scotty Smith

Encourage one another and  build each other up.  — 1st Thessalonians 5:11 Never be the reason someone isn’t.

“We are what we don’t throw away,” says a former death row inmate on S1E5 of a Netflix show. Years ago, Bob Seger sang about “what to leave in, what to leave out.” Long before either of them or Marie Kondo, there was this advice —- Don’t be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only…

“Today’s a good day to have a good day,” a friend who wants to stay anonymous loves to say. What are we waiting for? We rub our eyes, we can hardly believe it! This is the very day God acted,  so let’s celebrate and be festive! Salvation now, God. Salvation now! Oh yes, God—a free and…

You might know this old song. Some of us used to sing it a lot. And get this: we’d sing it…brace yourself… we’d sing it together! Yes, that was pre-COVID19 and its attendant restrictions. Officially, we’d sing it in what we United Methodist Christians used to call A Service of Divine Worship. I called this…

It was called “Wonderful Wednesday” and no classes were scheduled. Instead, it was a day to catch up. Great idea, right? If only we had opportunities like this out here in the out-of-school world…. Get this: Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover…

There’s a “C” word I’ve been dealing with for a while now. Trying to learn to live with it. Maybe you have been, too. Sure brings a lotta changes with it. It’s not a disease or an illness. In fact, Scripture says it’s a good thing — Godliness with contentment is great gain.  — 1st…

God said, “I will be with you. And this will be a sign to you.” — Exodus 3:12 Soon it’ll be Advent and then Christmas. Somewhere in there we’ll hear from Isaiah 7:14 about a sign from God. Long before that, in Exodus 3:12, God promised another sign. One which Christ Jesus echoed in Matthew 28:20.…

LIMINAL: from the Latin word limen, meaning threshold. Nationally, November 22, decades ago, the day JFK was shot was liminal. LIMINAL: from the Latin word limen, meaning threshold; any point or place of entering or beginning. Personally, November 22, a few years ago, the day we signed the papers to start buying our home was liminal. LIMINAL:…

I don’t know about you, but I do plenty of things to parade my ignorance, especially my ignorance of God. Sure don’t wanna make a liar out of God. Guessing you’re the same way. If we claim that we’ve never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only…