Browse the blog posts going back to 2014 – and we also have a Watchwords archive.
- Just When You Aren’t Expecting It – A Nudge from the Past (3/14/2014) - The following scribbling was written about 1970 in my “den”, a 1955 Yellowstone travel trailer. “The Unfamiliar” has survived three moves and a lot more on the back of a Terry Andréa State Park map (Wisconsin). Funny how you write something in one set of emotions, then decades later read... Continue reading
- Immortality (?) Reprised (3/9/2014) - Referencing my previous Blog “Are You Immortal” — Totally apart from C.S. Lewis, the Olympics (now history, thankfully), those pesky ancient Greeks, or even the “direction” you and I are headed, should we really be concerned about immortality? Continue reading
- Waiting for Spring (3/7/2014) - The beautiful tulips that has adorned my blog header recently was there to remind us that sometime (months from now?) the snow will be gone and the beauty of the sleeping world will take center stage. I am reminded of a line from Bette Midler’s hit “The Rose” which speaks... Continue reading
- What Does That Mean? (3/3/2014) - Are you a literalist when it comes to the Christian Bible? Does a friend challenge you that the King James Version is the only “true” translation of Holy scripture when you are reading from the NIV or perhaps the Living Bible? Do you bristle when someone says to you that... Continue reading
- Whatever is Unjust… (2/28/2014) - Whatever is untrue, whatever is unholy, whatever is unjust, whatever is ugly, whatever is of ill repute, whatever is vicious, whatever is cowardly, whatever is unfair…write of these things, speak of these things, think of these things, instill in the minds of others all these things. These seem to be... Continue reading
- Are You Immortal? (2/12/2014) - Ancient mythology suggests that the way to conquer death, and thus become immortal, is by becoming an Olympian. Is that true? Here we are in the season of the 2014 Winter Olympics. We are told that a Gold Medal is a “life changer” and worth a lot of money. The... Continue reading
- Hidden In A Garage – A True Story (2/7/2014) - Fourteen years ago this past December, my wife and I returned from Christmas shopping to find 17 messages on our answering machine. The last one, time stamped 30 minutes before, stated: “We are coming and pray that you will be home when we get there.” Our daughter, son-in-law and two... Continue reading
- A Man’s Reach Should Exceed His Grasp (1/31/2014) - Chicago. A week before Christmas, some years ago. It is cold! Snow on the streets and sidewalks. And I heard the voice of God say to me: “Help him!” I looked, there was no one there. Then I heard the Voice again, and I looked again and there, lying in... Continue reading
- How Do You Like the New Year? (1/26/2014) - How do you like the new year so far? And those resolutions…what happened to those? Keeping them? Ah, good. Really? Well sort of. Okay. Frankly, there are times when I would like a do-over! You know, start this year over, get it started right without all this “stuff”. You know... Continue reading
