It’s a strange feeling to have my national, state, and local governments tell me that I am the most susceptible to the virus and remind me that my immune system is compromised. At times during the relentless reminders of my age and immune deficiency I want to shout, “I’m still here.” There’s a lot to…
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The Nature of God
I read recently that a preacher was claiming the coronavirus is a result of God being angry at us. I won’t dignify the preacher further by telling why he thinks God is angry at us. What I will say is that the preacher doesn’t have a clue about the nature of God. God is about…
Reach Out And Touch Someone
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. — Gandhi. If any thing has been true in the last few weeks is that we are all dependent on each other. Even a lot of our depression is caused by our lack of social contact with each other. Jesus spent a…
Stop The Presses
Stop the presses! I felt that way this morning when I read the morning’s papers. “Please, no more bad news,” I said to myself. After breakfast, I went into my morning’s meditation with the question, “When will it all end?” But soon calm began to creep up from my toes, and I thought of the…
Be Not Anxious
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. — Matthew 6:34. I have had a few anxious nights lately, and I woke this morning anxious. Not about myself, I’m ensconced in my house. Suzy won’t even let me go to the…