Hitchhiker’s Second Law of Emotions On 2022.06.07, I mentioned the were two other HitchHiker Laws of Emotions. I shared the third: “Stop the PushMePullYou emotional tug of war and meet in the middle for a loving and reasonable discussion. Today we turn to the second. Newton’s Second Law of Motion speaks to a body being […]

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:12-13 True confessions; the good folks at biblegateway.com only give you […]

This Sunday, I begin my summer sermon series. Each year, I exercise my baptized imagination and find a theme, and each sermon in the series has an element of that theme utilized as an illustration. Example: One summer, we went to the zoo. Each sermon that summer featured a scripture that contained an animal. I […]

HitchHiker’s Third Law of Emotion Many of you know that as a HitchHiker traveling on this great computer, I am often an observer of life around me, and it astounds me how many of us still haven’t grasped that Newton’s Third Law of Motion is not supposed to govern our lives, and yet we let […]

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 Occasionally, a person will walk into my office or approach me on the campus, worked up about something, and lash out at me. Rarer is when a person eviscerates me immediately after worship, as my “soft white underbelly” is exposed […]

Can we ever say “thank you” enough? It is usually one of the first phrases taught to toddlers, often married to the actions of outstretched arms or pointing at something we want. It is patterned into us by multiple reminders and the joy of actually receiving. Unfortunately, it becomes a thoughtless habit and sometimes even […]

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. Acts 20:24 Paul on road to uncertainty as he head to Jerusalem. Paul […]