Category: Thoughts for the Day

How We Fight…

 wgmeisheid  May 19, 2023  0 Comments on How We Fight…

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”  J.R.R. Tolkien

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Responsibility of Discipline

 wgmeisheid  April 28, 2023  0 Comments on Responsibility of Discipline

“We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.” ~Zig Ziglar This is a very important distinction, especially in our modern world. The prevailing ethic…

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Holy Thursday/Good Friday – The Center of the Christian Faith

 wgmeisheid  April 2, 2021  0 Comments on Holy Thursday/Good Friday – The Center of the Christian Faith

tFor some people, it is Christmas and Easter that are the centerpieces of the Christian faith. For me it is Holy Thursday and Good Friday. True, the popular holy/holiday days celebrate important milestones in the history of mankind. However, the…

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Lent 2021 Day 40 – Choices and Nexus Points

 wgmeisheid  March 31, 2021  0 Comments on Lent 2021 Day 40 – Choices and Nexus Points

Lent is over today. The commitment is complete. I will try to continue to write, but I will make no promises, since I do not want to break them. I do not know how often posts will appear, but the…

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Lent 2021 Day 39 – Hope is…

 wgmeisheid  March 30, 2021  0 Comments on Lent 2021 Day 39 – Hope is…

We are approaching the end of this exercise. Only one more day left and then Lent is over and Holy Week begins. Endings are times of reflection, when you look back over what you have done and do a sort…

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Lent 2021 Day 38 – Eat and Drink and Live

 wgmeisheid  March 29, 2021  0 Comments on Lent 2021 Day 38 – Eat and Drink and Live

Two more days of my Lenten observance and then we have Holy Thursday and the Passover feast celebrated by Jesus as the Last Supper and the first institution of the Eucharist and the completion of Jesus’ statement in John 6:14,…

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Lent 2021 Day 37 – What Does the Evidence Say

 wgmeisheid  March 28, 2021  0 Comments on Lent 2021 Day 37 – What Does the Evidence Say

Today is Palm Sunday. The sermon this morning explained something that most people miss about the Passion of Jesus that is about to unfold, relating to a symbolic part of the Seder meal every descendent of Abraham follows that speaks…

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Lent 2021 Day 36 – Lesson #1

 wgmeisheid  March 28, 2021  0 Comments on Lent 2021 Day 36 – Lesson #1

As we approach Palm Sunday, there is something we should never forget: the discontinuity between what the people in Jerusalem wanted and expected from Jesus as he entered the city and what his actually mission was and why he entered…

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Lent 2021 Day 35 – Vengeance is Mine

 wgmeisheid  March 26, 2021  0 Comments on Lent 2021 Day 35 – Vengeance is Mine

“Vengeance is mine says the Lord, I will repay,” comes from Hebrews 10:30. The more difficult statement is the verse that follows. “31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” I have heard that…

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Lent 2021 Day 34 – Choices

 wgmeisheid  March 25, 2021  0 Comments on Lent 2021 Day 34 – Choices

In the Lenten posting for day 19 I wrote about choices. I think a lot about choices. Back in August of 2005 I wrote a poem about choices. It was Ok, but something remarkable happened. Someone named George added to…

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