Yesterday I wrote about Happiness. It wasn’t the first time I addressed that topic. In the summer of 2011, I wrote this: But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for […]
Category: The Spiritual
Elusive Happiness
As 2019, winds down, Americans find happiness elusive. According to a World Happiness Report for the United Nations, the United States is only the 19th happiest country in the world. The good news is that is 19 out of 156 countries. I am glad we […]
Demolition Christmas
It’s ten days until Christmas. There is still time to make it perfect or to construct a Christmas disaster. We are off to a better than average start this year. We spent a week up in Branson, Missouri. We went to a wonderful Christmas show, […]
Banish Fear and Worry Through Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving. It’s a day to be thankful. Thankfulness is good in itself. Isn’t it also an antidote to fear and worry, the twin major pitfalls of life? Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present […]
It’s Alright Now
We really are awsome at complicating things. We make Christianity into a complex set of theological maxims. Like the ancient Jews, we cling to the law and complicate it. We multiply the ten commandments into thousands of meaningless rules. Our founding pastor at Amana Christian […]
What’s There To Be Thankful For?
I can’t watch the so-called impeachment hearings. The political discourse has gotten too course. Even our recent local and statewide elections were frankly, disgusting. So what’s there to be thankful for at least in the public arena. We all have, Thank God, personal things that […]
Love More Than You Love Yourself – Today
I attend three different men’s groups, some more often than others. The one I meet on Tuesday mornings is one of my favorites because the men are so open and honest. Maybe for the same reason, it is the one I attend the least. (That […]
No One I Voted For Won
There was an election in my town yesterday and no one I voted for won. It seems to me that this should be a reason for some serious reflection on my part. What is the meaning of it all? I have some thoughts, confusing and […]