Posts from July 2025
What Chapter of Life am I in?
Track and Field is a great sport, but honestly much different than most other sports. It really is not a team sport at all, as it is pretty individual by the way it is set up. Let me explain: But Track and Field is very different. It is a solo sport for the most part. Yes, there are relay teams, but most of it track and field is very individual. There is one person at the starting line, and when…
Why does God let us live to 65?
The Beatles, the prominent 60’s and 70’s British rock and roll band, and specifically Paul McCartney, wrote and released a song in 1967 on their “Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, called “When I’m 64.” It’s a very clever and fun song about growing older and the expectations and fears we have about aging. An interesting fact about the song is that Paul McCartney wrote the tune to this song when he himself was about 14 years old. In 1966 as…
Where is God in the Tragedy chapter of my life?
As I have stated many times, I have developed a personal habit of reading the Bible in multiple locations simultaneously. Old Testament books then New Testament books, and always a Gospel story. Because of this way of reading from many locations I find many common themes throughout. One of those themes that always pops out at me is the theme of “Where is God in the Tragedy?” Every book in the Bible; in every time period of history; it doesn’t…
How do YOU trust God? (Part II)
Read Part I If you and I are to think about trusting God in this way, trusting God happens only when certain conditions are met. We say to ourselves doing something our way is better than doing it God’s way, but we decide to do it God’s way anyway. We would not call it trusting in God if we happen to agree with God his way is better than our way, and we choose to go God’s way. In a…
The Gospel in my Prosperity Chapter of life
Whenever you use the words “prosperity” alongside the word “Gospel” it can be toxic! For those of you who are astute in modern world church lingo, the phrase “Prosperity Gospel” is almost a curse phrase, and for good reason. Let me give a simple explanation. There have been many over the years who have abused the point of the Gospel when it is shared with the world. Some have taken truths, and strained them out to use only partial truths…
How do YOU trust God? (Part I)
The theme of trust is something people in the Christian community think about and talk about all the time. The word, “Trust” appears more than 80 times throughout the Bible. All of us know what is trust, but if someone were to ask us what it is, how would we say it? Some say that to trust is to have a strong faith in something. When faith becomes stronger, it becomes trust. When someone tells us to have trust in…
Does my Passport matter?
As an American, many of us have come to understand that the most important piece of paper document we possess is that American passport. Of course this is very much in the news every day now. I will not be able to address all the questions and issues politically in this article, but this might come to mind when you read it. No doubt, that document is of great importance — humanly speaking. Now let’s stress that last line —…