Afraid To Die
Are you afraid to die? Obviously, those who take their own life fear pain more than death. Dying is preferable in their perspective than what they are experiencing in the moment, or in their recent past. The majority of people seek to live with a natural instinct for life, and »
Peace
The peace symbol of two spread fingers is fairly universally recognized and used in every culture. The peace symbol, designed originally for the nuclear-disarmament movement, has become a sign for all kinds of ideas and associations and even a fashion imprint on every type of clothing, jewelry, and what »
Left To Themselves
Far too often our children are left to themselves to figure out life largely, if not entirely, on their own. Last week a nine year old boy took his mother’s loaded handgun to school in his backpack. The result when he dropped his backpack on his desk was a critically »
Vigilance in the Face of the Lion
43 years ago I was a rifle platoon leader engaged in battle in Viet Nam. Fortunately, I was but 23 years old. I know I do not have the same physical energy four decades later. There were no front lines in this war. The Viet Cong, unlike the North »
The Pragmatic Christian
What do you do when things don't turn out like you think they should? Do you remain faithful to the call of the Lord? Do you question Him?
Sick To Death
“Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that He will not hear. For your hands are stained with blood, »
Physical Fitness to Bring Glory to God
When asking the score of my granddaughter’s soccer game who at the age of seven had just begun playing the game, my son, her father, told me there wasn’t a score. They do not keep score so none of the children will be disappointed if they are on the »
Will the Real God Please Step Forward?
“To Tell the Truth was a television game show you just might not remember; on the air from 1956-1968 and syndicated in reruns thereafter. There were three contestants, one of whom was committed to tell the truth. The other two could lie as much as they desired to throw four »
Your Magi Journey in 2012
The New Year is entered often with resolutions to conform more to a self-set standard you did not attain in the year past; or shall we say in many years past! At least this is a common beginning to the New Year. The spiritual or church year in a new »
Mere Shepherds
We know very little about these shepherds, who as a group, of whatever number, are the best known shepherds in history. The nativity story has few details in it of which many ask questions and wonder concerning the authentic answers. General imprecise knowledge of the culture of the first century »
Mary, Did You Know?
Martin Luther in one of his Christmas sermons on the Incarnation preached: “Wherefore, Saint Bernard declared there are here three miracles: that God and man should be joined in this Child; that a mother should remain a virgin; that Mary should have such faith as to believe that this mystery »
