World Magazine, March 30, 2019, had an article called “Silent Crossing” by Andree Seu Peterson. She wrote about events that have no large impact at the time and in fact may not even make the evening news but eventually bring about huge, often devastating, results. We have often heard of “crossing the Rubicon” which is what happened on January... Continue Reading →
Hong Kong
2020 holds surprises – and none! Surprises to us and none to our God! And since our God holds us, we have no reason to stew or fret. Many of the things that we thought potentially frightful in 2019 all seemed to weaken or dissipate. We had some fright over Brexit and tariffs. There were concerns over the... Continue Reading →
Media Notes
The Coke commercials on TV with the polar bear family making a snowman are not very PC and they are GREAT! There is a male and a female and three kids working together and together admiring their work. It is good family picture! Also, it is a very traditional family for the big bear is the... Continue Reading →
Christmas Past
Janet and I took a Christmas light viewing ride the other night and drove through a middle class neighborhood with many a house lit up and did not see one manger scene - not one! (In our own neighborhood there are a number of creche scenes - yeah!) We paid the $20 and drove through the Warner... Continue Reading →
Dignity
A current buzz word by those aspiring to the Oval Office is the word, “Dignity”. It is being used when talking about the poor arguing that greater government handouts will bring them the dignity that can’t be had living in poverty. That is, the poor will have dignity if given free health care, free college tuition,... Continue Reading →
He
Recently an evangelical denomination announced that it was redoing its official documents including its Statement of Faith to bring them more in line with the culture. That idea alone ought to be frightening to those who worship and serve under their 501(c)(3). But it gets worse, for they are going to change the male pronouns to... Continue Reading →
Humans and Earth
I just heard again how humans are over populating the earth and thus ruining it! We humans are certainly the cause of the decay of earth for we sinned and as a result, all creation has been subjected to God’s curse (Romans 8:19-20). So humans must face up to their doings. At the same time, there is a... Continue Reading →
Millennials
We had a young family that lived near us visit our church about 6 years ago and her comment after the visit was that we had a lot of old people. So, was that a problem to her or just an observation? Since then I have come to believe that to her it was a problem.... Continue Reading →
Lead Us Not into Temptation
“Lead us not into temptation” The Pope recently made this change to the Lord's Prayer: “Lead us not into temptation” to “Do not let us fall into temptation”. Pope Francis gave this explanation: “I am the one who falls; it’s not him pushing me into temptation to then see how I have fallen. A father... Continue Reading →
The Poor
Matthew 26:11 For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always. “Poverty” is a line. “Poor” is a condition. The government establishes a line of income for home units that declares those making less than their number to be living in poverty. Most often, living in poverty means living with less – often much less.... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 