Everything was pretty much perfect.  But then last year happened. — Noah, a child narrating a Netflix film about his mother’s accident   In retrospect many of us could say the same thing. A year ago we knew there was a threatening virus on the horizon. We saw, read, and heard about it. Since then…

Everything was pretty much perfect. —- line from a Netflix show Hit the pause button with me. Pull over and adjust the rearview mirror. Do what this old song says — When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost Count your many blessings name them one by…

Same for individuals, too… see Matthew 15:1-20 for details.   Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.

You are only one decision away from a totally different life.

The person who feasts on the destruction of others will never be full. — Gabbie Hanna

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Lines of dialogue from a Netflix show — First Person: “You need to slow down.”   Second Person: “If I stay on the couch I get the feeling I’m going to sink into it and then never get out again.”      

The Rev. John Thomas Vidakovich, long time RL closer-than-a-brother friend and colleague wrote this about a week ago, and it’s with his gracious permission that I share it with you here —  An Open Letter to my younger and future colleagues: Dear friends, Once I was a young pastor. I was filled with fire in…

Breathe on me, Breath of God Fill me with life, anew Those are lines from a classic hymn that have taken on new meaning in our current pandemic. In both our Old and New Testaments, both in their Hebrew and Greek languages, the  basic words for “breath” and “spirit” are synonyms. Next time you take…

  You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — C. S. Lewis