“Pray without ceasing” I Thes. 5.17 ESV ‘One more’ prayer During the Christmas holidays our grandson Luke, wife Meagan and their daughter, Clara Louise, our first great-grandchild, were in Dallas. She is 20 months old. One evening we were all gathered in the bedroom as they were putting her to bed. They said their usual […]
Smokey Life quotes…can sometimes be life changing, mind altering for those who hear and embrace them. I have known a Kingdom Man for several years. Lovingly, his name is ‘Smokey’ John Reaves. He was in the BBQ restaurant business for years here in Dallas under the name—Smokey John’s Barbecue. Last week he went into the […]
Playing with fire MATCHES …can be very useful and yet dangerous. They come packaged in boxes or folded packets. Some are wooden while others are simple cardboard. A few clubs or cafes put their logo on the packets and used for advertising. When I was a young boy, it was so much fun playing with […]
Endurance GATES…are plentiful in everyday life around the world. We have four in our small yard, mostly for security. Gates come in all sizes and shapes, with numerous uses. As we were traveling in the area of Tennessee where Joanne grew up, we encountered a very old gate with stone pillars (pictured below). They were […]
WW II Freedom…is never free. You have heard that many times. Maybe it has become such an oft-spoken phrase, especially at times of memorials, that it has become a cliché. Unless you have been directly impacted by circumstances that really hit close to home, this is a flippant comment. But I am 81, and I […]
The Blessing When someone I just met tells me to ‘have a blessed day’, I know I’m most likely speaking to a believer. There is something very spiritual about the word; blessed, or blessing. Many families, mostly Christian, pray a blessing at mealtime. Rare to see that in public today. But pronouncing blessings is good […]
Man and wife MATRIMONY…is a state of being married. It is a personal and relational institution established by God right from the get-go. He didn’t get past Genesis 2 before he said; “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” (vs. […]
Arthur and Betty ‘Cookie’ WOODPILES…are something virtually every person living is familiar with. I first experienced them as a very young boy as the young’uns were usually selected to bring in a log or two for the stove for cooking or heating. Anyone with a log-burning fireplace has one. Some are neatly stacked, while others […]
‘I don’t give a flip’ AMBIVALENCE…has many meanings. What one came to mind when you started reading this? When I was drawn to write this, mine was ‘I don’t give a flip’. Dictionary.com records it this way. ‘Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to […]
Prejudice vs. murder SELECTIVE MORALITY…is running rampant throughout American society today. Earlier this week, after ending my time in the word and prayer, I opened my phone to do several things, one of which was to see what was going on in the world. The first news item was the people of Virginia calling for […]