thoughts on life and faith
You can never go back. Recently I found myself in a familiar town with a sort of haunted past. It is the sort of place you associate tidal waves of feelings and memories to, and they come rushing back immediately following that first fateful city limit breath. The boundaries are far enough away not to … Continue reading You Can Never Go Back
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths . . . - 2 Timothy 4:3-4 The message of Christ is … Continue reading Is My Truth True?
146 I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies. 147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. 148 My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise. - Psalm 119:146-148 There is something holy about the morning. … Continue reading Pre – Dawn “Clicks” and Baby Alarm Clocks
"St. Thomas says that a man is good when his will takes joy in what is good, evil when his will takes joy in what is evil. He is virtuous when he finds happiness in a virtuous life, sinful when he takes pleasure in a sinful life. Hence the things that we love tell us … Continue reading We Are What We Love
4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him . . . 16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, 17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. - 2 Timothy 2:4,16-17 I get distracted easy. With the … Continue reading Facebook Babble and Civilian Pursuits
"This, then, is our desert: to live facing despair, but not to consent. To trample it down under hope in the Cross. To wage war against despair unceasingly. That war is our wilderness. If we wage it courageously, we will find Christ at our side. If w cannot face it, we will never find Him. … Continue reading Desert of Despair
11 . . . Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. We are in a great fight. Every day, our souls wage … Continue reading The Battle Within Your Chest
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan … Continue reading God Bless Praying Grandparents
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God - Matthew 5:9 Today is the day we commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Perhaps there has been no bigger a year to reflect on his life's mission than the year we find ourselves in. It seems that we were in a sort … Continue reading Why Martin Luther King Jr. Still Matters
5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." - Hebrews 13:5 Many speakers will say things like "God is not against your wealth," and I would politely disagree. I think many well meaning Christ followers … Continue reading On God and Money
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