Omission and sim­plification help us to understand — but help us, in many cases, to understand the wrong thing; for our compre­hension may be only of the abbreviator’s neatly formu­lated notions, not of the vast, ramifying reality from which these notions have been so arbitrarily abstracted. Brave New World Revisited – Aldous Huxley (1958) Was […]

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Galatians 6:2-3 Full disclosure; I added a verse today. BibleGateway.com gave us Galatians 6:2, but I added verse 3 for context (theirs and ours). In the letter to the Galatians, […]

Call me naïve, but we need more of this… The two opponents in Utah’s 2020 race for governor appear together in a campaign ad calling for more civility. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAbqiRFjox4

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be […]

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 The psalmist is praying and praising God. he exclaims that life, the universe, and everything speaks to the glory of “42”! Then at the end, the psalmist humbly asks […]

Can’t We be Better Than This? On 2020.10.02, USA Today ran a headline, “President Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of schadenfreude.” If you are like me, the last word jumps out. So off to the dictionary we go! Schadenfreude – Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others. Merriam-Webster Disctionary As […]

On a cold gray rainy day off, TFS knows just how to warm my spirits: a little Red Shirt Humor! Have a happy Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day/Leif Erikson Day/Día de la Hispanidad/ World Arthritis Day/Puerto Rico Friendship Day/Yorktown Victory Day/Veterans Day (Columbus, OH only!!)… Oh what the heck! This is the day that the Lord […]