Giving
“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” Mother Teresa “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” Ben Carson
Gearing up for Christmas
While I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving, the local stores yanked their Halloween decorations on November 1 and started putting up lights, Christmas trees, and wreaths. Santa is still in storage, but workers are busy unpacking him. Soon there will be a minature train in the mall with Santa waiting for children to sit on his …
St. Paul – in a letter to the Romans (8:38-39)
“I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Where Hope Is
I am learning day by day – My hope cannot rest in Congress or the Supreme Court, for they are filled with men and women with all the faults and foibles of regular folk. They have their biases and prejudices, and serve whatever they worship. My hope cannot rest in staying well-fed, exercised and healthy …
Idols
“An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.” A.W. Tozer “Every one of us is, even from his mother’s womb, a master craftsman of idols.” John Calvin
Dry Rot and Idol Worship
We called in a friend who inspects houses and asked him to check ours and let us know if he saw work that needed to be done. We’re not planning to sell, but we want to take proper care of the house God has given us, and if we ever do sell, we don’t want …
Edmund Burke
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing.”
Sex Trafficking Forum and Crossing the Jordan
The last two weeks have been heartening. A few years ago, it seemed only one lone cop and a couple with a new ministry “on the avenue” acknowledged there was a problem. Sonoma County is so beautiful. Thousands come every year to enjoy the magnificent Pacific Coastline, the redwood, the dozens of wineries, the casino …
Lessons from Noah
One of my friends sent me an email with “Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah’s Ark”, the title of which was probably inspired by “Everything I needed to know, I learned in kindergarten.” What I love about the list of the anonymous author is how many things you can learn from one …