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 […]
Infusion Folks
[NOTE: This was written on September 20, 2019, and appears in November 2019 Issue of Covenant Spotlight. An update follows the original article.] As I write this my wife is two-thirds of the way through her chemotherapy treatment. As you read this she should be […]
Recovery
“Recovery” is defined as a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength. I guess you could then say I am “in recovery.” At my last doctor visit, my diagnoses included Skull Lesion and Status Post Craniectomy. Also “need for influenza vaccination.” Compared […]