C.S. Lewis talked of the cancer fight and passing of his wife as “shadowlands”. Life has also been described as existence in a fog or in the grey. I think those are all appropriate terms for this life with its times of joy and celebration mixed with seasons of weeping and groaning. They all speak of... Continue Reading →
Today’s Message
This Sunday was one of those where the flow as was preplanned did not happen just as God suggests might at times happen: The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord (Proverbs 16:1). So, here is a summary of the message that was preplanned: Text: I Peter 4:1-2, Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm... Continue Reading →
Divorce
One of us just told me about a relative in a distant state who is suddenly in the thralls of divorce. The relative and his wife had both been very active in their church and had been a counsel to many over the years, but she was having an affair and wanted out. He was good to... Continue Reading →
Israel IV
Obadiah 1:17, “But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame; but the house of Esau shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, and no survivor... Continue Reading →
Epoch II
A follow-up to musing #416 ("Epoch")... In the spring of 1997, while living in SD, we experienced what meteorologists called a 500 year flood. There was a tough winter with some 18 blizzards causing piles of snow at each corner so that one had to basically slowly ease into intersections. There was lots of snow! Then came a... Continue Reading →
Gardening
I Corinthians 3:6-8, I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. The only way a simple seed becomes a... Continue Reading →
321 So. 6 in 68028
I love the piece of dirt that we call ours (321 So Hwy 6 in Gretna). I think of our spot as - as was said by Augustine in a different application - a city set on a hill. We have it here – location, location, location! The new parking area and east entrance/exit is a... Continue Reading →
Resurrection
Some of what was shared at the 2021 SSBC Sunrise Service. Romans 1:3-4, Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. God the Father declared to all mankind that the... Continue Reading →
April Days
Four April days stand out to me (and a number of secondary days such as my sister’s birthday, the OK City bombing, the Columbine slaughter, Saigon falling, and others): 1. On April 8, 1966, Time magazine’s cover asked the question: “Is God Dead?” It was a shocker! Who’d even think such a thing in the USA, let... Continue Reading →
That Wednesday
Without electricity for evening illumination, bedtime was likely only a couple of hours after sundown and with the chickens in full throat by 5 AM, the day was usually in full swing shortly thereafter. For Jesus, this would be the last morning with Lazarus, Mary and Martha as tomorrow He would be in the custody of... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 