Dwell On These Things

Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy—dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8 (CSB) _______________________________________________________________________ This was the theme for Senior High week at camp back in June. It is […]

Watch What You Say

No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 (CSB) _______________________________________________________________________ In the past I have always thought of profanity when reading this verse. I do believe that is part of it but it’s […]

Don’t Labor In Vain

18 I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. 20 So I began to […]

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15 (CSB) We were up to Colossians 1:15-20 last night in Bible study. We got through verses 15 and 16. There’s a lot of stuff in there. Verse 15 alone deals with Jesus being the image of the invisible God AND the […]

When I See You Smile

Today is my beautiful wife’s birthday. It is also the day we celebrate becoming a couple. We met near the end of the summer of 1988 right after I graduated from high school. We were both working at Pizza Inn and we spent a lot of time just hanging out and became really good friends. […]

Decluttering Faith: Worship (Part One)

One of the ways Merriam-Webster defines worship is this: to honor or show reverence for as a divine being or supernatural power. Another says: reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power. The one many of us probably relate to is this: a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual. I would suggest […]

Getting To The Point

My buddy Paul is the one who introduced me to the music of Electric Light Orchestra back in sixth grade. There are times when it feels just like yesterday, even though I have lived three-fourths of my life since then. It is hard to believe that it has been 40 years since we first sat […]

Decluttering Faith: Essentials

One of the things I have to do when I am “decluttering” is go through my stuff and determine which things are absolutely essential. Robin was going through the bookcases over the weekend and asking me which (if any) books could go. By the time we were done we had filled a box to take […]

Right Here, Right Now

Sometimes I have a really difficult time wrapping my head around the idea that I do not belong here in this world. I know that the Bible says that we are just visiting (to put it in our terms) but it is hard to really live like that when so much of our human experience […]

Decluttering Faith: Introduction

I have a lot of stuff. I won’t lie. Ask my wife Robin and she will confirm this. None of my stuff is valuable but it is my stuff and I like it. I honestly don’t know how many books, DVDs, CDs, and LPs I own. In addition to those things I have all sorts […]