PieRut is my short name for her.
What’s her long name?
I Call Her PieRut for Short
Just look at her and think her name through a bit.
Mr. Pope, Marriage Is Not Forever
What happened to 'til death do us part'?
How to better minister to Catholic families experiencing separation, divorce and other problems when the church’s teaching holds that marriage is forever.
Pope Francis asserts marriage is forever at start of family meeting
Going by engagement and wedding announcements I’ve seen over the years, many Christians also believe that marriage is forever. Even plenty of Mennonites hold that view.
If that belief has a Biblical foundation, I don’t know what it is. Do you? Read it all
About That Story You Heard
Every story has two sides.
On a good day.
On a good day.
The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.
Sources: me, God (Proverbs 18:17)
Can’t We All Just Pull Together?
Well, sure. We could. But...
I shuffled along through the dirt, water can subtly shifting my weight, water shower generously dampifying the vegetable plants. (Were they corn, beans, beets, or squash? I don’t remember and you don’t care.)
“Which is more important?” The weight of the question shifted my mind this way and that. “Pulling together. Standing for truth. Pulling together. Standing for tru…”
I concluded that if I must choose one over the other, I will choose truth.
Actually, though, I vote for standing together on truth so we can truly pull together. If we don’t stand on truth, we will slip and slide while trying to pull together. You just can’t pull well when you aren’t on solid footing. I would even argue that you can’t pull safely in such a circumstance. Read it all
Prayer Chewing
An absent son, a present pancake, a father's present
Some folks go prayer walking.
A few minutes ago, I chose to do some prayer chewing. (Why not?)
Our youngest son Andy is on the East Coast somewhere singing with Tapestry Chamber Singers. He likes to eat leftover pancakes, toasted. I needed a late afternoon snack. I opened the fridge. I saw a bag with leftover pancakes from yesterday morning’s breakfast.
I toasted one in his honor. And thought of him. And prayed for him. While I chewed. (It’s what Dads should do.) Read it all
How To Survive Being Prey
The more projects and problems preyed on my time,
the less I prayed on my knees.
the less I prayed on my knees.
For solution: Read it all
How to Think Right and Do Right
Hold good in your heart.
Treasure that which is good.
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh” (Luke 6:45).