There are costs to following Jesus and excuses for not doing so. Everything of value costs something. We can think of endless excuses to procrastinate, obstinate, and prevaricate. We'll do anything but drop whatever we are doing and change directions.… Continue reading

Much that I needed to know for life, I learned from some very special children's books. As I said before, Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904. I was reflecting on the places within us where Dr. Seuss took… Continue reading

Clearly, I overlooked an important birthday this week. I would have missed it entirely if it were not for the reminder of a Toastmaster friend who made Dr. Seuss the theme of this week's meeting. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born… Continue reading

Perhaps you'd like for me to tell you what it is, this challenge of today – the big one, the definitive one, the one that, if you conquer it, you conquer everything. Perhaps you want it, but you are unlikely… Continue reading

"Though it cost you all you have, get understanding." – Proverbs 4:7b Wisdom is a costly commodity. We pay the price in time, heartache, experience, and study as well as money. Yet, the wise man of old testifies to its… Continue reading

How deep could I plunge anyway given the quantity of hot air that occupied every part of my soul? I am much more likely to float than plumb the depths. To do other requires weight. In Greek, weight is "doxa,"… Continue reading

Deep thoughts? Deep words? How much time have I wasted looking and waiting for something deep to say or think when the deep waters are everywhere and everything that exists has unfathomed depts beyond the imagination to be explored? Continue reading

Grace, grace, God's grace Grace that will pardon and cleanse within. Grace, grace, God's grace. Grace that is greater than all my sin. – Julia Johnson More at Cyber Hymnal Continue reading

To continue the theme of leaning not on my own understanding, I gave some thought to general areas where my understanding is limited. However, I thought I might start with some random specifics. I don't understand the how bumblebees can… Continue reading

I think that people, who may not have regard for the Bible as scripture or believe in divine direction, may often practice the principle of Proverbs 3:5 without knowing that they are obeying the scripture, "Lean not on thine own… Continue reading