… whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may mature and complete, lacking for nothing. — James 1:2-4. James sounds like a football coach or a personal trainer telling us to enjoy our…
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Pay Attention To The World
I’m often asked if there is something I think writers ought to do, and recently in an interview I heard myself say: “Several things. Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world.” — Susan Sontag. Sontag’s words mean a lot as I slug daily to finish my next book. Even if I weren’t…
Encourage One Another
Therefore encourage one another with these words. — Thessalonians 4:18. I’ve never been one to talk much about my faith or to encourage others by my words. I try to do a better job with the written words and by my actions. A well lived life is always a way to express one’s self. However we…
Is it Legal
And Jesus asked, … “Is it lawful to cure people on the Sabbath, or not?” — Luke 14:4. Mt grandchildren think I’m a little bit crazy when I tell them about the “blue laws.” Thew were different laws in different states that prohibited the purchase of certain items on Sunday. One of my favorites was you…
Protect Them From Harm
How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings….” — Luke 13:34. My oldest child will have his 48th birthday tomorrow. Hard for me to believe, and just as scary is that his children will be twenty-one five days from now. For all my children and…