I sometimes hear people say something like this - “I’m a Christian & I know I’m going to heaven.  So I don’t need to go to church.  It’s just not necessary.  I can just watch something on TV.” Well, let’s take into consideration a few passages from the Bible that seems to dispute that idea: … Continue reading Not Just Needed, But Necessary →

Many years ago my daughter gave me one of those little triangular flip calendars that each day has “a daily reflection” & a scripture passage to go with it.  I read it every morning before I begin my day & it seems that a certain theme tends to run through them each week.  The theme … Continue reading The Lifter Of My Head →

(Recommended reading:  2 Peter 1:3-9) Is your faith a living breathing part of your daily life?  Of your existence?  Or, is it lying dormant accomplishing little or nothing? One devotional I read this week caused me to think on this idea of dormant faith.  It was based on 2 Peter 1:4 and I’ll quote that … Continue reading Dormant Faith →

Lord, I continue to ask for help. When will you listen to me? I cried to you about the violence, but you did nothing! People are stealing things and hurting others. They are arguing and fighting. Why do you make me look at these terrible things? The law is weak and not fair to people. … Continue reading Justice →

When I see the same scripture/comment/idea more than once in a short period of time, it always causes me to think hard about it.  That happened over the past 2 days. I get a daily email from a publication called “The Babylon Bee”.   Their byline is “Fake News You Can Trust”.  They write about … Continue reading Sick Scroll Drop? →

Frustration - noun - Definitions from the Merriam-Webster dictionary are:  “the act of frustrating”; “the state or an instance of being frustrated”; “a deep chronic sense or state of insecurity and dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs”; “something that frustrates”.  A few synonyms to the word are:  aggravation; exasperation; annoyance. Do any of … Continue reading It Is Time To Step Away →

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? →