Nov 29, 2021End of the End"The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything, except our modes of thinking and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe."...
Nov 24, 2021Swamp SongWords make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought. ― Yip Harburg A new road was being constructed near Polk...
Nov 22, 2021Age Old Earth"Age will not be defied." - Francis Bacon Natural disasters are happening more often, and are having an even more dramatic impact on the...
Nov 17, 2021To Be Led"The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire." - A. W. Tozer One of the big problems we...
Nov 15, 2021Vein of Insanity"The diseases of the mind are more destructive than those of the body." - Cicero A lady in our congregation was struggling emotionally...
Nov 10, 2021Undeceiving Self"Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your...
Nov 8, 2021Turn Every Hurt"Someday after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then for a...
Aug 23, 2021Cookies and Bananas There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. (French Proverb) There I stood with bananas in one hand and chocolate chip cookies in...
Aug 18, 2021Parent TrapAs the twig is bent, so grows the tree. (Author Unknown) Three mistakes that parents often make when raising children: they love them...
Aug 16, 2021TroubleTrouble If there is no pain there is no gain in life. (Benjamin Franklin) “Trouble is like a pebble. Hold it too close to your eye and it...
Aug 11, 2021Bake A CakeDon’t believe in miracles—depend on them. (Laurence J. Peter) One of the great miracles recorded in the Old Testament came through the...
Aug 9, 2021The Getting BusinessDon’t be troubled when you meditate on the greatness of your former sins, but rather know that God’s grace is so much greater in...
Aug 2, 2021If You're Right....Our actions disclose what goes on within us, just as its fruit makes known a tree otherwise unknown to us. (Thalassios the Liban) The...
Jul 14, 2021Miss JeanFailure is an event, not a person. Yesterday really did end last night. Today really is a brand new day and gives us another choice to do...
Jul 12, 2021Secret RecipeLife as I have known it has been ‘Finger Lickin’ Good. (Colonel Sanders) Anthony and I passed by the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Ellenton,...
Jul 8, 2021FailureFailure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. (Dennis Waitley) You may fall but you can’t fail if you don’t quit. The old expression...
Jul 6, 2021Universal EngineerNo one has yet shown how man could have been brought forth from non-man solely by time plus chance. (Francis A. Schaeffer) “That the...
Jun 30, 2021Emmas TourmentA good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than...
Jun 28, 2021Standing Where Fire Has BeenGrace is divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need. (Ben Jowett) Thomas Jefferson will always be...
Jun 23, 2021Go Night Night Papa!Perfect love sometimes does not come until grandchildren are born. (Welsh Proverb) Two of my grandchildren, Sydney three years old and...