The Beatles said it well: Help! I need somebody. Help! not just anybody. Help! – you know I need someone – Help! A problem is that too many people never come to grips with their deep-set need for help, nor do they engage in a serious search for help. However, everyone at some point in life... Continue Reading →
Another Mass Shooting
How terrible is the news today - for those parents and family, for the other students and school staff, for the extended family and friends, for the officers who have to process the scene, for the community, for America and for each of us. This is just terribly horrible! In the wake of the... Continue Reading →
The Safety Idol
We had a couple visiting in October who were passing through and stayed for our fellowship dinner after the morning service. He had been a pastor for 30 years whose first wife died, and then married a widow whom he had met almost 50 years earlier when they were working in a ministry together as singles. They... Continue Reading →
Judah’s End
In Sunday School, we are at the end of II Kings which tells of the fall of the southern kingdom of Israel – Judah. Looking at her last years and God’s comments made me think of our country. II Kings 18:1-4, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when... Continue Reading →
We All Have Days
The NFL playoff games in the recent weeks have all been very exciting with big plays, upsets and last minute changes. Such reminded me of a big play a few years ago - Case Keenum, a past NFL Vikings quarterback, got it right after a win over the Saints when he declared the improbable 61 yard... Continue Reading →
Roe v. Wade
If there is an issue that causes the most separation in our dear country it is abortion and the face of that issue is the Jan. 22, 1973, decision of SCOTUS to legalize abortion in all 50 states - Roe v. Wade. There are a number of other significant issues – spending and debt, climate... Continue Reading →
Children
We are in trouble – BIG trouble! This article in the Omaha World Herald a few days ago (12/21/2021): US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic's 1st year by Mike Schneider - AP U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation’s founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed... Continue Reading →
American Overreach
Isaiah 44:24-28 24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; 25 Who frustrates the signs of the babblers, And drives diviners mad; Who turns wise men backward, And makes their knowledge foolishness; 26 Who confirms the word... Continue Reading →
Praying Today
Today the Supreme Court hears arguments concerning a Mississippi abortion law with an expected decision mid-summer. This is a huge day for the court and for us. While the right of women is on the line, much greater is the idea of what is carried in the womb of one who is pregnant - a... Continue Reading →
Foundations Matter
[in the United States too!] Jesus told a story illustrating a critical truth – foundations matter, especially when storms arise! There was a wise man who built on a rock and withstood a storm, while a foolish man built on lots and lots of little rocks – on sand – and the house collapsed in a... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 