May 3, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
I’m not an avid poll watcher, but I pay attention when Gallup shares some finding about the church. I’m pondering a recent revelation. For the first time since they have been surveying the topic, less than half the country belongs to a church of any kind. Along with...
Apr 26, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
Do you know the word snippet? Is it even a word? Merriam-Webster doesn’t list it in their 61/2 by 9 2 inch thick Newly Revised and Updated edition of Dictionary and Thesaurus. I was considering making PERSONAL SNIPPETS a regular feature of maxiedunnam10 (my Facebook...
Apr 22, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
Earth Day is today, April 22. As Christians we need to spend time thinking about creation. The Bible, begins, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” After fleshing that out rather extensively, the writer says, “Then God said, ’Let us make man in our...
Apr 19, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
A picture is worth a thousand words. This saying was invented by an advertising executive, Fred R. Barnard. He took out an ad in Printer’s Ink in 1921 with the headline “One Look Is Worth a Thousand Words” and attributed it to an ancient Japanese philosopher. He...
Apr 12, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
We can never hide from the all-knowing, omnipotent, omnipresent God. Nor should we want to hide. This is our promise and hope: God’s love light is constantly going before, seeking us out, lighting our path, turning our night into day. The eyes of the Lord…run to and...
Apr 4, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. That affirmation and response will resound today, Easter Sunday, and throughout this Easter season. But we dare not forget what was going on in Jesus being condemned and hung on the cross. As I have reflected, two dynamics...
