This is a slightly revised version of my July 4th article from two years ago. 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.”* Last Thursday, July 4, 2024, America celebrated our … Continue reading Freedom – 2024 →

Some of you that read my article this week are going to know exactly who and what I’m talking about.  Others of you may be totally in the dark.  But regardless of whether you are in the know or in the dark, I pray you’ll bear with me as I discuss the troubled waters that … Continue reading Troubled Waters →

One of my daily devotionals this week used a phrase that I wasn’t familiar with - negativity bias.  So my curiosity got the best of me & I decided to research it a bit.  Here are just a couple of quotes from the article: “This bias toward the negative leads you to pay much more … Continue reading Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? →

(Recommended Reading:  2 Samuel 13 - 19:18 - Quotes from NLT) (Over the years, I've written 2 different stories that I've used for my Father's Day articles. I like them both so much it's hard to come up with something new. So I'll once again be sharing this one that I wrote and shared in … Continue reading A Father’s Love →

If you’ll read Jeremiah 16 you’ll see how God speaks to and then through the prophet Jeremiah to the people of Judah.  God basically instructs Jeremiah to disconnect his life from the people.  Eventually they will begin to question why so many disasters have fallen on them.  Then Jeremiah will declare to them God’s words … Continue reading What’s Written On Your Heart? →

In Joshua 6 is the story about how the Israelites were on a mission to capture Jericho.  Verses 16-17a, 18-19 say:  “Then the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua yelled: ‘Get ready to shout! The Lord will let you capture this town. But you must destroy it and everything in it, to show that it … Continue reading Get Up! →

Tomorrow we have a national holiday called Memorial Day.   In the late 1860’s many towns & cities began to hold ceremonies to honor the many fallen soldiers from the Civil War.  Waterloo, NY first celebrated this on May 5, 1866.  In 1966 the federal government declared Waterloo as the official birthplace of Memorial Day.  For … Continue reading Thank You! →

I have one of those calendars that has a “thought for the day” then a scripture passage to go along with it.  One day this week the “thought” said this:  “Dear Lord, I know I am responsible for the things I do, think, and say, but I still need Your help in order to do, … Continue reading It Takes One To Know One →

(Recommended reading:  Luke 1:26-38 - Quoted scriptures from NLT) (For those of you that have been following my blog for a long time, this article will likely sound familiar; it is a reprint of one I posted in 2021. But it's the favorite of my Mother's Day messages, so I couldn't resist.) We do not … Continue reading A Mother’s Love →

Many - probably even most - of Jesus’ disciples were excellent at making effective connections with others.  They had to be competent at that in order to spread the word about Christianity as they had been commanded to do.  Jesus’ hand-picked 12 apostles were, for the most part, ordinary men - most weren’t professional or … Continue reading Effective Connections →