How is your soul? These are dangerous times. Spiritually, emotionally, and even physically, we are tested to the brink of our limit. This (corona) virus is draining the spiritual vitality out of us all…. I can only speak for myself. But I am tired constantly. I have been tired before, but at least there were ups […]
One of the hardest things to do is waiting. Especially, when we don’t know how long we have to wait. Whenever I go to a doctor’s office, for example, I make sure to pack my laptop with me since I don’t know how long I have to wait. One of the reasons why it’s hard to […]
We have witnessed in the last several weeks that one man can divide a nation and lead many who are otherwise decent and intelligent people to side with him, demonizing the other side. And this is true also from the other side of the party line as well! (After all, it takes two to tango…)Never […]
Happy early Thanksgiving! And what a Thanksgiving it is! We have to do what seems unloving for the sake of love! We, Christians, have been trained to love others by meeting face to face with one another, to dine together, to greet one another with a holy kiss, worship together, and lay hands on one another. […]
Here’s a very sobering story I once heard. Little Bobby and Suzy met in the playground. Bobby was into playing cards and Suzy was into marbles. But when Bobby saw Suzy’s marbles, he really liked them. And Suzy really liked Bobby’s playing cards. So, they decided to swap. But they decided to swap not only […]
There are certain things we must force ourselves to do. If we only did what our heart desired, it would kill us! That is because our heart is evil! The world tells us to follow our heart. We tell our children to do things only if they want to. This would be fine if our heart […]
It is sad to see what state the American schools are in these days. Now that I’m getting a first-hand look at a public school, I have a better idea of where we are as a people and where we are going since these young people are our future. And frankly, it’s not very bright… Many […]
We had some guests over to our house yesterday, and we had a grand old time reminiscing about the past. They are young moms and dads now, but I have known them since they were in middle schoo! We looked at pictures I have of them when they were that age (I was their youth […]
When a young adult member told me that he gets exhausted from work, I told him to start exercising and to eat better. I did NOT suggest him to give himself to more prayer and Bible reading. Prayer and Bible reading are not answers to all our problems (although they will indeed prevent so many […]
I recently saw a footage of an African-American mom beating her teenage son who was skipping school, at a convenient store, with what looked like a whip! The boy fell on the floor once she started swinging and he ran away from her, grabbing onto his low-rising pants! And the question was asked, “Is this […]