Faith

What do you do when you feel discouraged?  I’ve been feeling that way recently, but this morning I was blessed by the verse of the day from one of my Bible apps. Today’s selection was 1 Timothy 6:12, in which Paul tells young Timothy, “Fight the good fight of the faith.  Take hold of the eternal life […]

I was getting my daily walk in at a mall when a group of people were heading my way, directly in my path, taking up pretty much all of the walking space.  They showed no sign that they saw me, no sign of making room for me to pass on either side.  Years of conditioning that I

I tend not to write with ink, and yesterday’s fiasco was a reminder of why.  I was signing this year’s Christmas cards and ruined three of the cards.  Two of them I wrote “Happy New York” instead of “Happy New Year”, and one I skipped “Merry Christmas” and went straight into “Happy New Year.”  Now unusable, I had

Yesterday morning a passage which is probably familiar to you, Galatians 5:22-23, came to my mind.  It reads, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”  Over the years, I’ve had several realizations about this passage that I’d like to share with

Well, I had something for next week all planned out this morning, and in a matter of about four hours it got cancelled and will have to be rescheduled. Again, I’m drawn to a favorite scene from C.S. Lewis’ book “Perelandra.”  Like Adam and Eve, Maleldil (the Christ figure) has told the man and woman they

I was thinking about the time we rented a pontoon boat and went down to the river with friends.  We pulled an inner tube behind the boat like skiing and everyone was having a great time on the tube, including the young lady who was paralyzed on her right side due to a brain hemorrhage when she

Are you as tired as I am of all the fussing and raised voices around us?  Every time I turn around it seems like there are angry words and hard feelings, with a “my side” and “their side” attitude.  I’m right and you’re wrong.  Relationships between friends and families have been strained, even broken, by disagreements over politics,