Perspective: Leftovers with Love Rather Than Sirloin with Hatred
Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fatted calf with hatred. Proverbs 15:17
Acting Despite Fear
1 Samuel 16: Samuel did what the Lord told him to do, despite Samuel’s understandable fear of Saul. God chose David, though at first, perhaps, people might wonder why He didn’t pick one of the older sons, but God picked David. What a momentous event. From David would eventually come the line… Read More »
Space Launches and Middle East Turmoil
This country seems constantly to mirror the best and the worst of humanity. A powerful space launch, with expert precision. Yet, we can’t manage simple political dialog without rancor and bare-knuckle street fighting. Brilliant space scenes interrupted with the latest news of Middle East maneuvering and killing. We need the message of Easter more than ever:… Read More »
The Less Fortunate and the Foreigners Among Us
My family is descended from long ago immigrants who came to America before the American Revolution. None of us, as far as I know, became wealthy, but we seem always to have had enough to eat and clothes to wear. With bad timing, perhaps, my parents bought a house just before the Great Depression of… Read More »
Love the Foreigner Residing Among You
Deuteronomy 10:12-22: We are called to treat kindly the foreigner. In the past, the U.S. has done a lot of caring for strangers and have often given them chances to belong and contribute to our country. Please help us continue to welcome strangers, those we are privileged… Read More »
Carry Out Your Calling; Then Leave the Work for the Next Generation
Deuteronomy 3:21-29: Like a lot of good workers, Moses didn’t want to quit. But he had finished what God had for him to do, and it was now time to give over the job to another, younger man. Our talents and usefulness are according to what God gives us. We leave to others… Read More »
Revisiting the American Revolution
Lately, I’ve been rethinking my feelings about the American Revolution. What if we had lost that war? Presumably, we would have remained a part of the British empire. We would have remained a part of the empire that began abolishing slavery in the early 1800’s. We didn’t abolish it until a horrible Civil War in… Read More »