Aug 23, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
We ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope, and hope will not disappoint us. (Romans. 5:3-5) This word of Paul, in his Letter to the Romans, is one of the amazing affirmations in the...
Aug 16, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
I’m not an avid sports fan, though I’m excited enough about the University of Memphis basketball that I have season tickets. Through the years, the U of M football has been overshadowed by our basketball. The last few years we have had “good” football with Brady...
Aug 9, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
My big take away from this year’s Olympics centered on winning a bronze, not a gold medal. Tuesday, August 3, Simone Biles won a bronze medal for her competition on the “balance beam.” For her, bronze was as good as gold. Coming to the Olympics, she was one of the...
Aug 2, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
Joe E. Trull tells of a primitive tribe located deep in the South American jungles. Anthropologists learned the most important role within the tribe was the “keeper” of the flame. Since fire is so precious — and takes such effort to recreate —...
Jul 29, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
Those who know me, even casually, know that I am technologically limited. Yet, since this past Sunday evening I have been thanking the Lord for technology. Those who know me more than casually, know that I am not overly emotional. Yet since this past Sunday evening I...
Jul 23, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
On September 1, 1939, the night after the onset of World War II, W. H. Auden sat in one of the dives on Fifty-second Street in New York and observed people trying to escape themselves and their world by drinking, dancing, keeping up conventions: Lest we should see...
