thoughts on life and faith
"The spiritual life is first of all a life." - Thomas Merton We think in categories. Black or white. Republican or Democrat. In an attempt to understand the world around us, we strain to put structure to the expanse of life. In recent years, this only seems to be more pronounced. Yet with a little examination, … Continue reading The Lively Life of Living
24 Kind words are like honey - sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. - Proverbs 16:24 "Nice suit" the woman said to me across an interview table. This was unexpected given her barrage of rapid-fire questions and general disinterest. It caught me off guard. I barely remember not getting the job, I do remember … Continue reading Words Left Unsaid
4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. 5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. - Proverbs 23:4 The beautiful thing about the life lived after 30 is the slow death of the need to impress. There is something … Continue reading Get on the Floor
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice - Proverbs 16:8 I have been blessed with a nagging conscience. Throughout my life, it has haunted me when I fail to do what I ought to. While many times I wished I could perpetrate morally questionable acts, it centers me, reminding me of … Continue reading Our Inner Hecklers
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. - 1 Peter 3:12 I stroll the aisles of Target with a purchase justification mindset firmly placed in my back pocket more than I would … Continue reading Target, A Polar Bear, and Evil
24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. - Romans 7:24-25 The Bible is pretty clear when … Continue reading The Who Behind the What
One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus - Philippians 3:13–14 The old adage says that Monday's are hard. Difficult. Soul-crushing. Looking at Google, you can scroll for hours … Continue reading Monday Daydreams
The coffee is black. This is another term for the un-doctored, un-tampered with, nitro charged rocket fuel a day after a holiday needs. In my own historic reconstruction, I see dark coffee as the official drink of coal miners and steel workers, the backs of whom this great country was founded upon. In the retooled … Continue reading The Coffee That Built This Country
Today I read an article stating with surprisingly clear detail, the identification of the infamous D.B. Cooper. If you aren't familiar with notorious 1970's plane heists, Cooper (his alias) was a man who jumped out of a plane headed for Seattle after acquiring $200,000 from it's cargo in 1971. For years, many have constructed theories … Continue reading D.B. Cooper and The Mystery of Grace
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, 8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. - Proverbs 2:6-8 Few topics in the Bible are touched … Continue reading Wisdom and the Family Business
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