One popular phrase in our culture is, “who do you identify as?’ is creating quite a conundrum for human beings searching for a reason—to be. Much of this is political in nature, but it is also a cultural shift away from established norms into the morass of the confusion created by a moral/spiritual vacuum with …
We are shaped by our experiences in this life. Our environment, our parents, our siblings, extended family, friends, and strangers, all shape the way we may see our self. We are also “who’ we are according the DNA that formed us in our mother’s womb. Our personality is ‘who’ we are. Thinking patterns develop at …
Are you worth God’s attention? Does He have time for you? Does He care? So often times we humans think that our Creator uses the same ‘rating system’ we do that places worth/value on ourselves and the people around us. He doesn’t! How do I know? Jesus is God incarnate, that is, God come in …
Ever been to Disneyland? Or Disney World? How about the rich history of movies that have appeared on the Big Screen? Seen them? Walt Disney in anyone’s estimation was more than a success! But, it was not always so. In the day Walt was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because, in …
Loneliness is a condition all humans face. Studies demonstrate that newborns respond to gentle touch, and soft kind voices. Science can be sterile, I prefer to say, this is how love nurtures us! This need and desire for love in all its wonderful displays is like fresh water on the fertile ground of our hearts! …
Most folks live in the Now and have have no concept of history. More importantly, folks miss the wisdom of knowing how much of ‘who‘ we are has very much to do with generations that have gone on before us! Ever hear that saying, ‘there is nothing new under the sun’? I think that is …
So this month, the beautiful month of April, I will be sharing Easter themes will you! Please read the Gospel of John, Chapter 13 before reading the rest of this Blog. The scene is the upper room, Jesus has gathered his closest friends and followers to celebrate the Jewish Holy Day of Passover. There is …
The word, abuse, is an interesting word. Notice the word, ‘use’, in its structure. When we ‘use’ a tool to get a job accomplished we ‘use’ it correctly and for its intended application. To ‘mis-use’ a tool will result in the tool possibly being damaged and the application or job done incompletely or in failed …
If you are not a student of history, please become one! It is only in learning from what Humanity has learned or not learned in the past, can we ever be freed from the curse of repeating the same evils. And let the reader beware, there are History-Changers, people who subvert reality to manipulate people …
How do you see yourself? What is your perspective? Perspective: outlook, view, viewpoint, point of view, angle, slant, attitude, frame of reference, way of thinking—interpretation. Have you been labeled and live in that label? Has an event defined you? Race? Gender? Economic status? Neighborhood you live in? Country? We humans are constantly searching for purpose …