“I never thought about this before,” I said to Lynne as we were discussing a book someone had recommended to us. “Thriving in Babylon” by pastor Larry Osborne presents a unique portrait of Daniel the Prophet. I have always loved the book of Daniel, but like most students of Scripture, I tended to look more…
We think we want to be rich – or famous – or powerful. We want to succeed. We want to achieve. We want more of this or less of that. These desires of ours are explicit; they define our goals and order our priorities. We salivate over them. But, deep down, they don’t reflect what…
“Time to get our flu shot,” Lynne said as we drove past our local pharmacy. We blow hot and cold on getting the flu shots. They develop flu vaccines using the most likely flu variants expected the following year. Sometimes they work; sometimes they don’t. They also develop other vaccines to prevent contracting other serious…
“At 10,000 feet above sea level, when I pray, I’m practically whispering in God’s ear,” I texted a friend the other morning. “Hahaaaa! That’s really cool,” was his response. As often happens, when I am trying to be clever, I often hear God whisper back to me, “Is that what you really believe?” As a…
“It must be that time of year again,” I muttered as I muted the TV during the political ad. “Whatever happened to, ‘If you can’t say something good, don’t say anything at all’ maxim,” I asked Lynne. She shrugged her shoulders as we waited for the diatribe to cease. Political vitriol has been around as…
The following is about the philosophy of the Stoics but it is easy to see the direct application to Christianity, the Holy Bible, and the Christian Fathers. There are admonitions in scripture to this same effect. “My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.” (Proverbs 4:20) The Stoics were all about…
The reason David knew God so well was because he was constantly under attack either by God’s people or God’s enemies. You see, David actually needed God. David’s life was one storm/battle after the other. If he wasn’t dealing with external enemies he was dealing with his internal demons. David had a target on his…
“Galveston Beach Patrol confirms fifth tourism-season drowning,” read the headline of the online publication of The Daily News of Galveston County on June 21, 2024. These five drownings in Galveston occurred from Memorial Day weekend until the end of June. In all five incidents, it would appear the drownings resulted from existing “rip current” conditions….
Juan, a nearby neighbor and fellow Marine, went running by me as I was walking my dog Cooper this morning, so I gave him a big “O-o-h-h-r-r-a-a-h-h” as he passed. He yelled back, “Have a great day,” to which I replied, “I’ll take that as a direct order!” I use that phrase a lot, and…
“This is hilarious! Lynne, you’ve got to look at this,” I said to my bride as I watched the Reel on Facebook play out for the third time. Lynne doesn’t do Facebook (she’s smarter than I am), so she somewhat reluctantly came over to look. The video showed two dogs on opposite sides of a…