“Time flies,” they say.
“But isn’t this ridiculous?” I reply, questioningly.
A few minutes ago (or so it seemed), I laid down on the floor, put my feet up on the handiest foot elevator, and closed my eyes.
It was Summer. Read it all
Lessons for Living
Presumption: “Behold, I Thought”
Naaman was mad. Very angry, in fact.
It’s no wonder. He had a huge, monstrous, humanly-insurmountable need.
He had come a long way for a solution. And a divine solution at that. He’d had plenty of time to develop a certain scenario, a specific sequence of events that should transpire.
In other words, he had his own idea on how things were going to happen Read it all
My First eBook Is Done
I have finished Panting, my very first ebook.
Presently, it is available only as a downloadable pdf. I anticipate having an Amazon Kindle version ready by the end of the week at the latest.
In the introduction to the book, I include these paragraphs: Read it all
Choose: Self-Pity or Thanksgiving
Self-pity is one of several self- things from which I ask God to deliver me.
Strangely enough, though, I don’t remember considering that a thankful spirit sweeps away a “negatively self-focused” spirit. Oh, sure, I’ve known (and even taught!) that gratefulness can lift us out of depression and discouragement. But, somehow, I must have missed what being thankful can do to kill being self-pitying.
Then I read Andrée’s piece Read it all
Janet Jenkins Sues Christian Aid Ministries
Last year I was dismayed and alarmed when I learned that the name Christian Aid Ministries had to be drug into the mud of this case. (See: USA vs Timothy David Miller)
Yesterday that concern was validated with news that Janet Jenkins’ civil lawsuit against Kenneth Miller was also directed against CAM (and others). Read it all
Too Good to Apologize?
I know few people who would flatly assert their goodness makes an apology unnecessary. (OK, I don’t think I know anyone like that.)
But if I changed the focus from words to attitudes, then some folks I know come across as just being too good to apologize. I would even have to acknowledge that my own heart isn’t above such prideful self-righteousness.
Last night I came up with three short statements on the subject… Read it all
Me? Schizophrenic?
How will I sustain a miserable demeanor toward Person A while presenting a cheerful demeanor toward Person B? Who would dare try such an impossibility?!
No, I’m not schizophrenic.
Nor do I like to minimize or make light of schizophrenia by using the term carelessly or even too freely.
But the thought of switching between a positive disposition and a negative demeanor is a challenging one. And convicting, too. Read it all