Merle Haggard…from long-time friend Joe Domingos, shared here with his gracious permission and his comment: “a shame Merle didn’t live quite long enough to see it happen” — [Verse 1] There’s a big brown cloud in the city And the countryside’s a sin And the price of life is too high to give up Got…

I look forward to hearing from you. What say you? — www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/31/miracles-and-wonder-elaine-pagels-book-review-heretic-catherine-nixey — What say you? I look forward to hearing from you.

Called to Contentment Observing Sabbath-rest allows us to step into the same rhythm God established in creating the world. Scripture tells us when God rested from His work, it was because His work was complete (Genesis 2:1). God took joy in His accomplishment. In Hebrews 4:10, the writer draws a parallel between God’s rest and…

With gratitude to online friend Stacy Hulm —- Watching someone self-destruct is hard, and it can take a toll on us while we pray and wait for a turn-around. In the meantime, we must guard our heart that we don’t take on the spirit of “False Responsibility.” This spirit weighs us down with false guilt,…

I’m getting outa the way here — “When we believe that Christ was raised from the dead, then our lives should be a testament to that belief. Otherwise our faith is meaningless. “Doing what is good, leaving our fears behind, and avoiding the temptation to harm others are manifestations of our faith. “In a world…

Courtney Carver says — If you don’t want to be rundown, don’t run your self down. Christ Jesus says — …well, better yet, open Luke 10:27, And look at what’s after “…and love…” which is the second part. We usually cite only the first part. Now notice the second part of the second part.. the…

“The hardest lesson I have had to learn as an adult is the relentless need to keep going, no matter how broken I feel inside.” — Ernest Hemingway I know I can sign my name to that. You, too? Be strong and do not give up. — 2nd Chronicles 15:7. And it’s easy to start…

Hebrews 13:5 is the favorite of a lay person who leads Bible Studies and is in fact quite the Bible Scholar — Keep your lives free from the love of money  and be content with what you have,  because God has said, “Never will I leave you;    never will I forsake you.”[

A SECOND LOOK AT A BONUS BLOG FROM 02.18.25 With his graciously expressed permission, I share what friend and colleague Monty Weatherall wrote earlier today —– The church has become a laughing stock, a place to be mocked. A once-pillar in our community has been reduced to fodder for social media posts, vlogs, and a way for many…

Be a lover of silence. Silence like the sunlight will illuminate you in God and will deliver you from the phantoms of ignorance. Silence will unite you to God himself. In the beginning we have to force ourselves to be silent. But then there is born something that draws us to silence. May God give…