Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best!…
Jesus Christ: Born Under the Shadow of the Cross
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! He is the one I was talking about when I said, A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.”…
Three Parts Random, One Part Ridiculous
I have a few things to say and one has little to do with the other. Let randomness rule and here’s hoping I don’t zig when I should have zagged. One. More. Shameless. Plug. (Well, one more today.) Have you gotten your copy of my daily devotional ebook? If not, why not? Why not…
My First Devotional eBook Now Available: Get Yours Today!
Just Released! A Month of Sundays 31 Devotionals for Making Every Day the Lord’s Day ONLY $6.95 This is my very first ebook, and I am excited to tell you about it… A Month of Sundays is a collection of 31 original devotionals one for each day of even the longest month. Each…
I Have Never Been to Ireland, But I Do Love a Limerick
The kid in me has always loved a limerick. And why not? What’s not to like? The cadence is fun, the rhyming is satisfying, and the message is usually just silly or funny in some kind of way. Actually, I have been obsessed with the Irish and their lyrical, poetic ways for years. I…
Grace Anatomy: Deserve’s Got Nothing To Do With It
This being the Thanksgiving season shouldn’t thanksgiving always be in season? I thought I would take the next few blog entries and talk about grace. Of all the things we need in this world food, shelter, clothing, security, etc. nothing is more essential to our well-being than the grace of a good God. But…
West Ham United, Pretty Bubbles and The Still-Hopeful, Melancholy Soul
I was thinking about Dad this morning and singing a song he often sang, just out of the blue, just to break up the silence. The song goes like this: I’m forever blowing bubbles Pretty bubbles in the air They fly so high, they reach the sky Just like my dreams, they fade and…
God and the Doubter
[picappgallerysingle id=”7291116″] If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. 2 Tim. 2:13 (NKJV) Hey Christian, did you ever doubt God? Did you ever lack faith? Did you ever find yourself having moments of, God help us, UNBELIEF? And did that worry you to no end? Were you afraid that God would…
Haiku You Do? ( A Random Offering in Verse, Japanese Style)
[picappgallerysingle id=”236773″]Before we begin, let’s get a working definition of a Haiku Poem. Here is the best one I found: A haiku is a non-rhymed verse genre. In Japanese, haiku has five sounds in the first part, seven in the second, and five again in the last part (they count sounds, not strictly syllables,…
MSNBC and Keith Olbermann: A Clear Case of Corporate Hypocrisy
MSNBC fired Keith Olbermann for making financial contributions to democratic political candidates. They said that these gifts violated their company policy regarding the impartiality of their news people. Here is a summary of MSNBC’s stated policy on such matters, as reported by Philly.com: According to a 2007 summary on MSNBC.com, parent company NBC warns each…
Ode To Wash: The Way Baseball Go (To the Tune of The Night Before Christmas)
Twas the night after Halloween and all through the stands Not a soul was silent, not one single fan. Their signs were all made and displayed with flair In hopes of a win they would all get to share. ***** The fans were all decked in their blue and their red, With visions…
The Texas Rangers and Me: It’s About Time It Was Time This Time
The Texas Rangers are can you believe it? but one win away from their first-ever trip to the World Series. They are one win away from sitting down the Mighty Yankees, the Bronx Bombers, Baseball’s Bullies. One win away. Just one. “It’s time.” This has been the slogan, the mantra, the battle-cry all season…
My Tribute To The History-Making, ALDS-Winning 2010 Texas Rangers
It isn’t like they are baseball neophytes. They aren’t a bunch of nobodies with no history. The baseball world at large may look at the Texas Rangers as a glorified Triple A team, never a threat, no great players, sub-par management. And why not? After all, it did take the Rangers 38 years (49 if…
An American Socialist? That is Just Plain Stupid!
Stupidity amazes me. I can stare dumbfounded, slack-jawed and wide-eyed at it for hours. It has the same hypnotic effect on my brain as a good magic trick or optical illusion. You know you should know better than to believe it, but there it is right before your eyes. Socialists are stupid. Can there…
Islam to Christianity: “I Will See Your Nut-Case and Raise You 100,000”
The kinder, gentler Christians all berate “pastor” Terry Jones for misrepresenting Christian charity with his hateful act of burning the Quran or Koran or whatever they call that “holy” book that stimulates so much hatred in so many around the world. Other Christians feel that using the thing for kindling in the coming winter may…
Seven Steps to Becoming A One-Income Family (With Apologies to Autumn Giusti and Fox News)
I was perusing the news on the Internet this morning when I saw this headline: Seven Steps to Becoming a One-Income Family. I immediately understood the intended gist of the article. It was meant to help couples figure out how to trim expenses and whatnot in order to get their budget to a one-income accommodation…
This Labor Day I Went Way Back When
Yesterday was nice. Donya and I spent the day with her parents and her sister (and Jimbo). It was a slow-moving, easy-going day of banging around little curio shops in Fort Worth and Grapevine…a thing I can take or leave. The nice part was the way it felt like old times, simpler times, times when…
The Man Who Would Be King: Lessons From The LeBron-a-Thon
You can breathe again, America. Your King, LeBron James, has finally revealed where he will hold court. He is abdicating his Cleveland throne and accepting the position of cup-bearer to Duane Wade, the Sultan of South Beach. If you, like me, tuned into ESPN’s ridiculous broadcast dubbed “The Decision,” then undoubtedly, you can see, like…
McDonald’s, McChrystal, And Miscellaneous Mish-Mash
I haven’t ranted in awhile… What exactly constitutes news? The local Fox channel lead their nine o’clock news last night with some inane story about a guy who looks like a character from Deliverance complaining that a McDonald’s talking toy taught his kid a cuss word. His little boy said some four-letter word and the…
My Double Dad Blessing: A Father’s Day Card
When it comes to dads, I have been doubly blessed. First, there is the Dad I had but never appreciated until it was too late. I wish I could wish him a happy Father’s Day as a son truly grateful for the man he is, rather than as a numb skull kid who had not…