Greatest Strength/Weakness When I was a young teen, my mom found me curled up in a ball on my bed one day. I was deeply wounded by friends, people I had known most of my short life. Through my tears, I told my mother that I couldn’t understand how people could be so mean to […]

I found out the other day that I won’t see TFS or Mrs. TFS until November because we will have opposing travel schedules. So he wanted to leave me a “going away” present before we set out on our respective adventures. I don’t want to live in a world where libraries don’t have copies of […]

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Romans 12:4-5 There are many times in Paul’s writings where he reminds the church that they are one even though they are many. In his Magnum Opus, […]

Waxing Poetic! Those who have spent time with me find out fairly quickly that my favorite band is The Moody Blues. Their music catalog is an eclectic assortment of rhythm and blues fusing the philosophical, psychedelic, spirituality, poetry, and more. I have seen them in concert five times, had most of their albums, and I […]

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:12 Depending on the Christian tradition you hold to, this statement invokes a few things about what it means to “have life.” Some focus on eternal life, and some emphasize earthly life. Yet, if you […]

I opened my email this morning to not one but two deliveries from TFS worthy of being shared; one “dark” and one “light.” They are thought provoking and laugh out loud funny at the same time. In baseball, they call this a doubleheader.

Ad Hominem Recently, two people who are very dear to me were treated quite poorly by others who had divergent opinions on a topic or issue. In both cases, the attackers were aggressive, dismissive, and, in one instance, sank to brutal name-calling. I think you would be surprised if I told you the backgrounds of […]