Have you ever arrived at a dinner or banquet and exclaimed, “Oh my gosh, are you kidding me, we’re sitting here”… maybe your next to the band or next to the bathroom, or in the far corner. I’m embarrassed to say that sometimes I’ve had that reaction.  Most times it doesn’t really bother me, but at other times it can hit … Continue reading “Humble Yourself And You Will Be Exalted” →

Originally Posted May 29, 2020 “Of this I am sure, that your love lasts for ever, that your truth is firmly established as the heavens.” (Psalm 89:2)  Wow, that is the “big picture” … focusing on it keeps us from getting bogged down in the daily trials of life. No matter what is going on, no … Continue reading “The Big Picture” →

Originally posted May 28, 2020 What would it have been like to join the “Inklings”(Oxford Writer’s Group)  as they met at the “Eagle & Chicken” Pub in Oxford to discuss their latest writings. J.R.R. Tokien and C.S. Lewis, two of my favorite authors and great Christian apologists, would discuss their terrific stories and various Christian thoughts … Continue reading “The Eagle & Chicken Pub” →

I have too many thoughts in my head today. As I try to put them together in one story, they become a bit too “discombobulated”. So, let me just “cut to the chase” with one thought.…. okay, here we go. My Inheritance If you had a huge $500 million dollar inheritance, but either you didn’t … Continue reading “Tap Your Inheritance” →

Have you ever been watching a game on TV and murmured, “boy, how did that guy ever make it to the NFL…I could have made that catch”.  In reality, I couldn’t have made that catch, and if I had, I would have died when I was tackled.  When you move from TV and books and daydreaming … Continue reading “ So Many Wonderful Stories” →

The first thing Adam and Eve did after they sinned, was to go hide…. to run from the presence of God. I guess it’s a combination of guilt and shame and fear, and lack of trust in the goodness of God. They must have thought that, “I’m in God’s favor as long as I toe … Continue reading “ The Sooner,The Better” →

I have to admit that I was pretty surprised to learn that Archbishop John Myers, with his many degrees and honors, a friend of popes and saints (Mother Theresa and Karol Wojtyła),  was also a  science fiction writer.  In the introduction to the “Space Vulture”, it states…. “In what might be the oddest literary pairing of all time, Gary … Continue reading “Space Vulture” →

Sometimes I wonder if there is “anything I can do without thinking”…you know, the  things you’ve done enough times that you do them automatically. Certainly I don’t have to brush my teeth by the numbers or start my car with a list of instructions, or ask for help in putting water in the reservoir of my … Continue reading “ Squeak…Squeak…Squeak “ →

(Originally Posted May 27, 2020) Maybe because I’m not 39 anymore or maybe because we’re social distancing, but I’m thinking a lot about time.  The other day I noticed that Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell of Leave It To Beaver fame) died at 76. Eddie was my favorite character …things always perked up when Eddie, the … Continue reading “Eddie Haskell—RIP” →

(Originally posted May 26, 2020) I remember a discussion many years ago with my son who had just returned from a year of service. At one point he commented  “we need to get out of our comfort zone”. I don’t think I said anything, but I remember having  a resistance to it.... “gee, I like my comfort … Continue reading “Comfort Zone” →