“In everything, give thanks” —1st Thessalonians 5:18 Thanks for all y’all’s comments and questions and conversations about this.  (Interesting that like none happened on here, on this blog site, but messages on Facebook and in person were numerous.) I’d like…

“In everything, give thanks.” —1st Thessalonians 5:18 Everything?  Really? How is this possible? How does this work for you? Feel leave to leave your answer or comment. Everything?  Really?

The cover article in the current issue of Sports Illustrated is on Peyton Manning. His season opener a few days ago against the Pittsburgh Steelers ended with a 31-19 Denver win. From that article comes this great sentence  — “Asked to…

This applies to The Church as well — “Eventually the global investment community will remember (as it always does) that there are companies creating massive economic benefits  for their customers, employees, shareholders, and societies at large. “I won’t go on…

Complaining about churches is easy.  That’s one reason so many people like do it. By the grace of God, the complainers do not get the last word. God does. Our Lord is in the New Life business.  The Bible is…

From the Letter to Shareholders in an April 2012  investment Prospectus— “There are lots of good reasons to be pessimistic about the macroeconomic environment.   “But just as Lenin noted that history moves in violent shifts, so too does the…

“Practice much?” asked my trumpet teacher in a lesson. It was clear I had not practiced the music once that week. “Let us not give up meeting together,” says the Bible in Hebrews 10:25, “as some are in the habit of…

“Practice much?” asked my trumpet teacher.  “If you don’t practice between lessons, there’s not much point in this.” That painful moment comes back to haunt me now and then. Sometimes it happens in a worship service.  Other times it’s when…

Once upon a time, long ago and far away, I took private trumpet lessons. One time stands out.  Painfully. I flubbed the assigned music.  My teacher sat in silence during my several halting attempts to start over.  Not even coming…

Heard this today; see if it fits: “Responsibility looks forward…blame looks backwards.” And?  Does that make sense? RSVP