Time to refill the GRACE tank. It struck like a thunderbolt, and I was left dumbfounded, literally speechless. Did I hear it correctly? Did someone say that another someone of a different political persuasion “deserves a bullet in the head?” Thank God this person is not from the congregation I serve! I hope and pray […]

I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior. I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God. Isaiah 43:11-12 God, speaking through the prophet, is quite definitive to the people about the Divine Identity. […]

Godzilla vs. Hitchhiker Last week, I sat down to write a bLOG for today. I began it and erased, started another and erased, attempted a third and erased it too. It seemed that Godzilla kept creeping into every one of the now-discarded bLOGs. Hitchhiker was getting frustrated until it occurred to me that I was […]

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Mathew 5:11-12 I have a confession to make; I have trouble rejoicing […]

Out of the Mist “J” took this picture a few mornings ago. It rained buckets the night before, and there was mist in the air as Sol came up in the east. As the rays broke through the branches, the mist created this cool effect. What is cool is how many directions the rays are […]

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. Hebrews 10:35-36 I don’t know about you, but I see fatigue all over the place. Sometimes, it confronts me in the mirror. It has been a […]

This Ain’t No Joke. There was once a good Christian man who was a paragon of faith in his community. His motto in life was “I trust in the Lord.” The man decided that it was time to buy a house, and he engaged an agent to help him find one. He looked at several, […]