Metaphors

Some people hate rules.  They think God is a kill-joy for carving laws into stone and handing them down to Moses.  Stubbornness is in our DNA.  So is complaining.  Grumble, grumble.  God says what?  Who cares?  We can do it our way, and we try.  Read the morning newspaper to see how that’s working. We …

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Albert Einstein

Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.                                                                 

Creative Minds are Seldom Tidy

I had this slogan on a tee-shirt.  Another was Tomorrow I Have to Stop Procrastinating.  Those shirts have long since worn out.  And here I am in that writer’s limbo state again of being between a book recently released and waiting for THE BIG IDEA to come in order to start the next project.  I …

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John 14:27

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” 

Helicopter Parents

Two articles caught my attention in the last few days.  One, in a Christian magazine, reported how many college students are losing their faith and leaving the church.  The writer suggested that we not even allow our college age kids to leave home unless they are firmly grounded in scripture.  The second was a newspaper …

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Book alert!

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Killing Time

Rick had to take his car in for service. Rather than sit in the waiting room, reading crumpled newspapers and year-old magazines, we decided it would be more fun wandering around Healdsburg.  This is one of my favorite towns in Northern California and was the inspiration for Haven.  I mixed things up a bit, moving …

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Luke 8:17

 “…nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.” 

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

“Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous, love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, …

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In Celebration of the Fourth of July

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.  It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” (George Washington) “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.  Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry …

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