This article is going to be very different from what I normally present here & fair warning - it will likely be a good amount longer than normal as well.  I’m going to jump into some deep water this week and share some personal opinions with you on a topic I’m very concerned about.  I’m … Continue reading Who Decided This Is The Way We Should Be Living? →

As frequently happens, I was inspired today by my devotionals for the last few days.  The scripture passage they have been based on is Matthew 7:7-11.  Jesus speaking in a couple of those verses said this: “‘Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you … Continue reading Life Is Good! →

I apologize in advance to my readers that live in other nations since I'm addressing specific issues we are dealing with in the U.S. However, I would imagine that most all countries struggle with similar issues. So, hopefully the points I discuss will speak to you as well. If you are not familiar with the … Continue reading Time To Take A Stand! →

Israel, for 300-400 years after they crossed into the promised land with Joshua, had not had a human king.  They functioned as a theocracy.  According to gotquestions.org, “A theocracy is a form of government that is led by God or by a person or persons who claim to rule by divine authority. The word theocracy … Continue reading An Unsung Hero →

(Recommended Reading - Genesis 45) This book of the Bible is the story about when Joseph’s brothers made their second trip to get more grain from Egypt.  This time they did bring their youngest brother Benjamin with them, because Joseph had told them on their prior visit not to return for more supplies if they … Continue reading Don’t Quarrel →

(Recommended Reading - Genesis 37 thru 50) There are so many stories in the Bible where things happen to good people that seem to be bad.  But then ironically, the results are good.  One of those stories of irony is the one about Joseph. In Genesis 37:2b we read about how Joseph, as a teenager, … Continue reading Irony →

(Recommended Reading – John 3:1-21) As we go through life, so many people are desperately seeking joy, peace, love, success, etc.  As they go about seeking these things, they enter into temporal solutions – happiness instead of joy, lust instead of love, greed instead of success and self-satisfaction instead of peace.  No matter what they … Continue reading All The Wrong Things In All The Wrong Places →

Do you have any experience with grafting one tree branch onto another tree?  I’ve personally never tried to do anything like that.  So I did a little research and these are a few things I learned - interpreted in simplified, general terms from someone not educated on the topic:   Grafting joins two separate parts of … Continue reading Grafted →

Freedom…”the quality or state of being free: such as.…liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another...INDEPENDENCE…and the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous.”* Today, July 4, 2026, America celebrates freedom - our Independence Day #250.   “The Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day or July 4th—has … Continue reading FREEDOM – 2026 →

(Recommended Reading: Isaiah 36 & 37 / Quoted scriptures from NIV) I believe as Christians, we all know, or at least think we know, the importance of prayer.  But how seriously do we really take that responsibility?  How many pray daily, not only for their family and friends and a few other things they deem … Continue reading God’s Promises – A Call To Prayer →