Living in Southern California, we are usually blessed with amazing weather year-round. In fact, it is not atypical to see children riding their new bicycles on Christmas day in 80-degree temperatures. Well, although Christmas was pretty warm this year, our year-end conditions are proving otherwise. December 30th saw a cold winter storm blow through, dumping… Continue reading 12/31/14: What to Avoid in 2015
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12/30/14: The Books Were Opened
Some years back, I had a Facebook debate with an atheist about the reality of the Biblical concepts I hold dear. Of course, he would not accept any proof I used from the Bible because he began with the premise that the Bible did not contain truth. When confronted with the fact that sources… Continue reading 12/30/14: The Books Were Opened
12-27-14: Priorities and New Horizons
At the end of every year, I sit and take inventory of my life. Did last year turn out as I expected? How have I changed, grown, and progressed? Is anything significantly different because I touched it? Did my life make a meaningful difference in anyone else’s? Did anything or anyone have a memorable impact… Continue reading 12-27-14: Priorities and New Horizons
12/25/14: The Perfect Birthplace?
On October 4, 2014, I had the unparalleled privilege to witness the birth of my first grandson, Dallas Andrew. He was born in a large, beautiful, and well-equipped labor-delivery-recovery (LDR) room in the lovely, new wing of a New Orleans hospital that was not far from his parents’ home. Somewhere between 6 – 10 nurses… Continue reading 12/25/14: The Perfect Birthplace?
11/15/14: How to Move Ahead
My favorite sports season is now under way and I love watching my favorite team, the New Orleans Saints, play and win. (No, I don’t live in New Orleans, but as a Christian, shouldn’t the Saints be my favorite team?) Thousands of people spend millions of dollars traveling to games, buying tickets, and purchasing sports… Continue reading 11/15/14: How to Move Ahead
11/10/14: Saying the Hard Things
Sometimes, the hard things just have to be said to the ones we love. I remember some years ago hearing the words “tough love” being used to describe the times when, as difficult as it might be to say it, the naked truth must be voiced. If the recipient fails to see the truth, devastating… Continue reading 11/10/14: Saying the Hard Things
10/26/14: Are You Smelly?
102614 Are You Smelly? When we think of someone being smelly, we usually think of a person having an unfavorable odor. Perhaps you recall an individual who passed by you recently who had just been out exercising and you smelled their sweaty attire. Maybe you scrunch your face up as you call to mind the… Continue reading 10/26/14: Are You Smelly?
9/10/14: Alive Again
Lots of people ask for proof that God is real and that Jesus is who He says He is. The proof is the resurrection and the empty tomb. After all the resurrection talk started back in the first century, all anyone needed to do was produce the dead body of Jesus, and this whole… Continue reading 9/10/14: Alive Again
9/8/14: Proof
One way to prove that two things are the same is by observing the actions of both. For example, if two cups are filled with a clear substance and one proves to be acid that eats through a piece of wood, pour the substance from the other cup onto the same piece of wood to… Continue reading 9/8/14: Proof
9/2/14: The Need for Mercy
Whenever I think of mercy, I think of two things. On the one hand, the word “mercy” conjures up the picture of a guilty person who has been arrested for a crime he was caught doing red-handed. There’s no way to wiggle out of the truth and he’s standing in front of the judge’s bench… Continue reading 9/2/14: The Need for Mercy