I was in San Francisco in the late 60s, the age of Aquarius, hippies, love children, flowers, peace and love. I went to concerts at Golden Gate Park. I was where the anti-war action was. Sadly, I was part of the military complex, a sailor […]
Year: 2015
Christmas Issue
I enjoy every issue of Covenant Spotlight, but the December issue deserves your special attention. Please pick one up. There is much about Christmas, heartwarming stories, helpful hints, and good Christmas devotional stuff. There is a terrific set of articles on Islam. If you are […]
Old Vines
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Genesis 1:8 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Genesis 9:1 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in […]
Take a Stand
I had a strange dream last night. I was a player on an African basketball team. The team apparently was going through tough times. One of the players made a speech asserting that we needed to take a stand. Everyone on the team got all […]
The Little Red-Headed Girl
We wrapped up a really nice Thanksgiving by taking our granddaughter to see the Peanuts movie. It was a fun movie. There is a new red-headed girl in Charlie Brown’s class and Charlie Brown is in love. He wants to get the attention of the […]
Hard Thanksgiving
Let’s face it. Thanksgiving is a pretty easy holiday. For most of us it’s eating, watching football and reading the newspaper circulars as we pray we don’t find anything we really feel a need to fight the Black Friday […]
Voting
I voted this morning. I usually vote in every election. This was not my favorite experience. In fact, it reminded me of the awful choice we had when Edwin Edwards and David Duke were our choices for governor. I don’t like either of the remaining candidates […]
Syrian Refugees
I am greatly saddened by the entire Syrian refugee situation. Not only is the situation in Syria awful, but our reaction to it hasn’t been sterling. I don’t have solutions, but I do have some observations. First let’s recognize the facts. The war in Syria […]