Grab a newspaper.
Any edition will do. Yeah, that one. Sunday, Tuesday evening, yeah, that one.
Open it. Point to a headline. Read it aloud.
Did you feel uplifted? Angered? Or did you sigh at ...
Life is a downhill track.
On wheels.
Over ice.
With no brakes.
We start at birth, and we can’t slow events if we want. The older we get, the faster we go.
We must be ever vigilant for the ...
What does it mean to be peaceable?
Merriam-Webster tells us we must be disposed to peace.
There’s more, though. We cannot be contentious or quarrelsome.
If that’s not getting through, ...
What’s got your goat this week?
By that, we mean, who has done the same thing they do every time, and you’re up to here with it? They don’t have a nut in their noggin, and you don’t see ...
A big house or a brood of children?
Investing in stocks or improving your marriage?
A vacation in Vegas or with the kids at a theme park?
There’s no question we can achieve more, have a finer ...
The Ten Commandments are straight from the Bible.
God’s rules. The Almighty’s guide for living a righteous life.
Yet, there’s not much there about how to treat those we live with each ...
During Paul’s time, Rome was the center of the civilized world. Travel to and from the provinces usually began and ended in Rome. As a premier missionary of the burgeoning Church, Paul had ample ...
Grace is a learned thing.
No one comes by it naturally. We see it in others, experience it when we’ve stumbled, and are grateful when we receive it.
Yet, it’s harder to practice when it’s ...
Let’s start off with a term used in the field of medicine.
Adulteration.
Merriam-Webster says it’s a process. It’s something that happens to a pure substance that changes it and makes it ...
Rufus means, literally, “red.”
William II, a king of England, was nicknamed Rufus because of the color of his hair.
The ancient Romans regularly gave the name Rufus to red-haired babies.
We ...
It’s easy to say, “If … then.”
If you behave in this certain way, then I’ll feel that way toward you.
In other words, if you measure up, I’ll give you my love.
That’s not the ...
When’s the last time someone cut you off in traffic? How did you feel? Gracious, or not so loving?
How about the gossip in the office? The one that makes up juicy tidbits to round out ...
Cooperation.
Understanding.
Getting along with people even when we disagree.
Those sound pretty good, like they are things we should do. A good way to live. Taking the high road and letting ...
Grab a newspaper.
Any edition will do. Yeah, that one. Sunday, Tuesday evening, yeah, that one.
Open it. Point to a headline. Read it aloud.
Did you feel uplifted? Angered? Or did you sigh at ...
Life is a downhill track.
On wheels.
Over ice.
With no brakes.
We start at birth, and we can’t slow events if we want. The older we get, the faster we go.
We must be ever vigilant for the ...
What does it mean to be peaceable?
Merriam-Webster tells us we must be disposed to peace.
There’s more, though. We cannot be contentious or quarrelsome.
If that’s not getting through, ...
What’s got your goat this week?
By that, we mean, who has done the same thing they do every time, and you’re up to here with it? They don’t have a nut in their noggin, and you don’t see ...
A big house or a brood of children?
Investing in stocks or improving your marriage?
A vacation in Vegas or with the kids at a theme park?
There’s no question we can achieve more, have a finer ...
The Ten Commandments are straight from the Bible.
God’s rules. The Almighty’s guide for living a righteous life.
Yet, there’s not much there about how to treat those we live with each ...
During Paul’s time, Rome was the center of the civilized world. Travel to and from the provinces usually began and ended in Rome. As a premier missionary of the burgeoning Church, Paul had ample ...
