Browse the blog posts going back to 2014 – and we also have a Watchwords archive.
- 10 Days in June (7/12/2015) - Ten Days in June. Ten days, starting with the tragic news of the attack on the Bible Study group at the Mother Emmanuel AME Church, South Carolina and ending with nine funerals. Beyond this terrible tragedy, what touched me was the forgiveness and the grace shown by the families of... Continue reading
- On Being a Veteran (5/8/2015) - I was 18 when I enlisted in the Army. It was just after Christmas that year. It seemed inevitable that my “number” would come up soon and I would be drafted anyway. Besides that, I lost my military deferment when I was academically disqualified from the college I attended (I... Continue reading
- Security (5/3/2015) - Recently, in one of my daily devotionals, I came across this: At the top of the 1,000-foot mountainous peaks of Meteora, Greece, monasteries have been built…hundreds of years ago. Their inaccessible location provides safety and, at the same time, offers them a chance to escape the cares and concerns of... Continue reading
- Smells Like Dirt! (4/8/2015) - I have a son-in-law, Don, who created and operates a nursery that specializes in succulents and other drought-resistant plants. He started the nursery essentially from scratch and with his creativity and energy has elevated it to one of the finest in Southern California. In my periodic visits I have watched... Continue reading
- Disappointment? (4/1/2015) - Phillip Yancey, in his book Disappointment with God, raises these three questions: Is God Unfair? Is God Silent? Is God Hidden? In our walk as people of faith, circumstances often present themselves and cause us to complain — Why me, God? Why have you done this? Why are you allowing... Continue reading
- One Flock? (3/26/2015) - For more than 45 years, since I committed my life to Christ, I have struggled with the question of One God. Not as it applies to Christianity, on that I am clear. But One God for Christians and Jews, and Muslims? Same God? Yes? No? If you believe in one God,... Continue reading
- Storytelling (1/20/2015) - Are you a storyteller? A good friend of mine has been a storyteller all his life, and he has used that talent to communicate humor and interesting ideas, all with a moral. He has for many years, journeyed, on a weekly basis, 40 miles to the children’s cancer ward of the... Continue reading
- 12:01 a.m. 1/1/15 (12/31/2014) - Times Square. Packed with crazy, happy people, just waiting for that ball to drop — the moment 2014 turns into 2015. A transition from one year that held both successes and failures, into a new year filled with hopes, promises and expectations. Over your life span, where were you at that point... Continue reading
- Faith Thoughts: 103 (12/29/2014) - (Post 3 of 3) Faith and the “real” world. How does that work? A few years ago, two of the Men’s Bible Study groups that I am apart of were looking at Islam. In one I was confronted with a sense of fear, a fear that for all intent and purpose has... Continue reading
- Faith Thoughts: 102 (12/21/2014) - (Post 2 of 3) What about the Resurrection? Christianity without the Resurrection? I don’t believe so. Simply put, in my mind, without the Resurrection there is no Christianity! My wife and I came to believe that, during those early years which we refer to as the real beginning of our Christian walk. If we could... Continue reading
- Faith Thoughts: 101 (12/15/2014) - (Post 1 of 3) Some years ago I set out to write a “brief” statement of my faith that I could share with my children. At that time they were adults in their 30’s and who, probably, had a fairly well-formed idea of “religion”, faith and all that “stuff”. That... Continue reading
- My Mother (11/21/2014) - My last recollection of Mother was when the three of us were visiting my sisters in Colorado. Dad and I had gone for a long walk and he told me that Mother was worried about cancer. She had some tests before they left for Colorado and was awaiting the results. There had been... Continue reading
