On the bench After a bad play, after a hard season After everyone’s gone home At the end of a career There’s no “I” in team And no "team" in alone . . . for he has said, " I will never leave you nor forsake you." Hebrews 13:5

I’d like to be there for your baby steps Help a newborn walk toward his Father See the balance growing, find the strength in knowing How...

Cynthia Cinnamon Roll and Father Feingold Fritter Quietly debated After Father Fritter whispered “I think that we’re related.” Cynthia...

Delivered? Absolutely! He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we...

Hypocrisy is the result of succumbing to appear pressure .

Do you pray? Why? Why not? And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the...

Not many of you should become teachers . . . (James 3:1)

When I was a child . . . I was very childish But when I became a man . . . I learned that childlike behavior is - a requirement 1...

God's promises are not a box of Band-Aids; they're more like vitamins. Happy New Year!

Somewhere along the way Through the chaos leading to the holiday I ignored my obligation to join the Christmas rush And joined the quiet...

There is nearly a whole  month between our annual day of gratitude, to pause and give thanks , and our rush to the celebration of...

Lest we forget, the phrase growing old - does include a verb.

Slicing and dicing Carefully chopping away A fruity, fall garden salad “Did God really say . . .?” (Genesis 3:1)

Is it a picnic or a panic? You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows....

. . . doesn’t have to be scary. IF  you know the One who is absolutely, in absolute control of everything - and everyone. Of course, if...

Theological eloquence Chronological snobbery A lethal combination I hate that I love being smug A silent way to judge Lifting myself...

The parade before my eyes Appears to be never-ending If seeing is believing Why go on pretending? All that pauses before my eyes Is not...

There was a time when . . . But that was then and this is not Thanks for the memories . . . forgetting what lies behind and straining...

It’s a little like “wack a mole.” In this life the old man still pops up (almost any place we’re not looking). The better approach is to...

*profitless hours dithered **morbidly introspective thinking All this I have tested by wisdom. I said "I will be wise." but it was far...