Feb 21, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
It’s a terrible thing to believe that nobody needs you. . The temptation is to believe that we have been put on the shelf and all that is left now is for us to just sit there – to be present, but not to mean anything? It’s also a terrible thing to believe that...
Feb 14, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
It was a new experience…a biscuit in the shape of a heart, an offering of Chick-Fil-A. Another sign of commerce responding to culture….Valentine’s Day. It’s interesting how holidays days are established and evolve. Valentine’s Day, February l4, is a day when romance...
Feb 7, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
We have seen it on bumper stickers. I saw it recently on a placard in a friend’s office. Be patient with me; God has not finished with me yet. Most of us could honestly post that message about ourselves. We want people to be patient with us. Does that not mean we need...
Jan 30, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
By nature, I am not an introspective person. I have to be deliberate and call myself to look honestly at my life, examine my patterns of action and the motives that drive me. This self-examination is sometimes painful, but is always fruitful in giving me perspective...
Jan 24, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
“Can praying combat crime?” That was the title of the lead article in our newspaper back in mid-December. (12-11-21) A small group of ministers met on the banks of the Mississippi River to pray for our city which is the nation’s second-poorest city, and has the...
Jan 15, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
The title of my blog today is a familiar word, “Let us now praise famous men.” It is the beginning of a passage in The Wisdom of Sirach. The entire sentence is, “Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us”. In a recent blog I talked about...
