While waiting for our flight to D.C. on Friday the 6th, I noted an Army man in dress colors seated nearby. He received special attention from a Southwest employee then moved to another seat. Soon the Southwest man came to him again but with a Southwest pilot and they talked. The military man then left with the Southwest... Continue Reading →
This 9/11, Janet, Jettie, and I will be at the Pentagon memorial erected after the attack that destroyed a portion of that grand building in 2001 taking 125 lives on the ground and 64 on American Airlines Flight 77. In Luke 13:1-5, Jesus addressed two terrible events taking lives of those “innocent” (OK, OK –... Continue Reading →
I love our Constitution with its Bill of Rights and Amendments. We are so blessed to live under such a great document which is unlike anything in the world today or ever. It seems abundantly clear that our framers were used and moved by God for the principles are profound (the wisdom of the Electoral College... Continue Reading →
A phrase I have been using much these days is "let them go." A word I have been using much these days is "enabler." It is natural and somewhat a duty to enable and cling to our kids and loved ones. A good parent doesn't put all their child's stumbles and fumbles out there for... Continue Reading →
Parents, your teenage children likely know this term - intersectionality - do you? From Columbia Law School's website: Twenty-eight years ago, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in a paper as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women. Crenshaw’s then somewhat academic term is now at the forefront of national conversations about racial justice, identity politics, and... Continue Reading →
At the men’s study on Thursday morning, Hosea 4 was considered and I found it frightening when thinking about the United States. Below is the text with some notes. May we make personal application. It begins with – Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel The first point is direct to us – listen... Continue Reading →
Said Shakespeare through Hamlet... To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep-- There was a time that to “be” was as... Continue Reading →
A label on a container of food sitting on my kitchen counter reads: “Bring any of Mrs. G-----’s products home tonight…and become a HERO!” I say, “Really?” Unless, for example, a person finds a child extremely hungry and possibly dying and leaves safety to venture into a howling blizzard to seek out a grocery store so to... Continue Reading →
I was recently given an educational video to view that was very well done and widely accepted but, I didn’t think the teaching was that good. A number of points were either weak or, I think, wrong. Yet, it was well accepted. Why? Cinema! What is cinema, you ask? Cinema is the art or technique of making motion pictures (Merriam-Webster). Cinema... Continue Reading →
From the pledge to our flag, these truths we hold dear (we should hold dear): One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. How special and how critical are every one of those points! We have been so blessed living under those points and thus the envy of most of the world. For... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 