Blessings to everyone today, for this is the day the Lord has made. As an older person who has past 70, I often reply when people ask me in the morning how I am, I say, “As long as I see leaves instead of roots when I wake up, it is the beginnings of a…

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I ran across an interesting article today that resonated with my Lenten concerns. It is titled “The Identity Crisis of the Modern American Christian and How to Fix It”. At first, the title put me a bit off, since it sounded a bit presumptuous, but as I got into the arguments the author presented, t…

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A recent show I watched had a story line about a man who fixed things for very significant people. He was going to be forced to go into hiding to protect his family, especially his young daughter. Sitting across the table from his wife he made a confession. He had always wanted to be on…

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It didn’t take till my fifth day for me to miss a post, so this is a belated effort. I didn’t realize I had missed writing last night until I was driving to work this morning. Frustrating to have failed so soon, but I repented, took my forgiveness, and now on we go. I have…

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In 1 Samuel 12:24 the Lord says, “Only fear the Lord [with awe and profound reverence].” Amplified. We are called to fear only the Lord and pointedly nothing else. There are over a 100 verses along the lines of fear not.  God is pretty adamite that we should not fear anything else but him, primarily because that fear…

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The problem with trying to do something new every day is that it is easy to forget, since it takes a while to make it a habit, something you remember to do. I almost forgot to post something today, but God in His mercy reminded me. He is helping me keep my Lenten commitment. It’s…

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At its root Lent is about prayer. It is a primary discipline encouraged during this time of preparation for Holy Week and the events that drove the culmination of Jesus’ ministry on earth. When asked by his disciples how to pray he told them in Matthew 6:9 to “pray in this manner.” It was always…

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That time had to come from somewhere, primarily from activities that were more productive avenues of time investment. So, I decided to abandon the game, initially for Lent, but hopefully forever, as God has better things for me to do with what remaining time he has granted me.

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