The hardest work in the world is being out of work. — Whitney Young. I know this feeling that Young describes. I hope you never do. Unfortunately many of your friends and neighbors these days are experiencing the darkness that being unemployed brings. We as a society, a country, and as humans owe it to…
Month: July 2020
Have You Understood
Have you understood all this? — Matthew 13:51. We profess to understand the mysteries of God, but we really don’t. A friend taught me a while back is that what we really need to do is; “Delete our need for understanding.” So much happens to the world and us that is beyond understanding beyond logic or…
This Meaningful World
Do we not know the feeling that overtakes us when we are in the presence of a particular person and, roughly translates as, The fact that this person exists in the world at all, this alone makes this world, and a life in it, meaningful. – Victor Frankel. I certainly know the feeling Frankel describes.…
But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you to Galilee. — Matthew 26:32a. Jesus said the above after he told his disciples they would desert him. There aren’t many of us who would tell our friends I’ll meet you in a few days after they deserted you and denied even knowing…
Overcome Evil With Good
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. — Romans 12:21. I don’t know if you can call a virus “evil,” but I am convinced that to overcome it we can accomplish that by doing good and being kind and compassionate to our neighbors. We wear masks to save our neighbors, friends, and…