Sep 17, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
In my growing up years and in early adulthood, I found myself often thinking and sometimes saying, “Oh, if I could be like him.” As I matured a bit more, the expression of that longing changed. I found myself seeking to ease my sense of failure by thinking and talking...
Sep 10, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
I am always intrigued the way persons use Scripture in public speeches. I especially appreciate it when people know scripture and can honestly make decisions about public and political issues on the basis of seeking to be faithful to God’s word. Recently, Dr. Willie...
Aug 22, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
It’s one of the most adamant words in the New Testament, and it is addressed to a community of people in Philippi, “Rejoice in the Lord always.” To, make sure they get it, the writer continues, “I will say it again: Rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4) Paul, the person who...
Aug 16, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
Wherever we are and whatever is going on, the church often becomes a part of the conversation. “What is the church doing about the situation?” “Where is the church in the debate?” “Is the church going to take a stand?” “Why is the church involved…this is a political...
Aug 11, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
Where is God in all this? Even cartoonists are addressing the issue. In a recent Family Circus, Commercial Appeal, 7 -28-23) Bill Keane is reading Humpty Dumpty to his small son. As his father comes to the close and the fall… ““All the kings horses and all the...
Aug 6, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
Dennis the Menace, all dressed in coat and tie, leaving church with his mom and dad, looks up at the preacher who is greeting them and says, “For a preacher…you sure know a lot about sin!” Somewhere along the way I heard of a small “Christian” College in Arkansas that...
