Casting Crowns – I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Lyrics) – YouTube I can’t get this song out of my head, but I don’t want to. It’s about eventual peace…and IRead More…
THE DREAM ISAIAH SAW
Between now and Christmas, I’ll be musing on a particular Christmas carol/song each week. So…here’s a powerful one. It’s called “The Dream Isaiah Saw” and is based on Isaiah 11:6-9, the “peaceableRead More…
26Nov/20
THANKSGIVING ROSES
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr once said this. “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” I came across that quote a few days ago andRead More…
ALL SHALL BE WELL
So here we are. The election is past. Vaccines are suddenly on the near horizon. Recovery is in sight. I feel we’ve been given an opportunity to “find the peace once lost”Read More…
12Nov/20
LETTERS
The Screwtape Letters is a novel by C. S. Lewis, dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien. Published in 1942, the story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood, aRead More…
10Nov/20
THE PATH
THE PATH I’m writing this two days after the election, before the results have come in. At first I thought I would pass on blogging today, with everything so up in theRead More…
REMEMBER UNITY?
Think back several years. A wall between Mexico and the US wasn’t even on our radar. 90% of our students went to public schools, mixtures of races and religions. We could putRead More…
BROWN EYES, BLUE EYES
I’ve been thinking about how we can redeem 2020. To some extent, it’s about choosing our attitudes. As Bob Marley once said, “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” ButRead More…
10Sep/20
THE POWER OF CHANGE
I’ve been holding my breath for months, waiting on the world to change. But that’s so unlike me. I’m usually that crazy crusader for taking personal responsibility in order to make aRead More…
AN UNLIKELY BALM
AN UNLIKELY BALM I’ve been trying really, really hard to find joy these days. I take care of my soul. I take care of others. You know, all the right things. AndRead More…