Thinkin’ today about my reading from last week. I don’t know much about Pilate. He has a starring role in the Easter story but that was the extent of my knowledge. I decided to dig into him. Pilate is mentioned once early in Luke’s writings. In the first verse of chapter 13, Luke mentions …
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been reading thru the Chronological One-year Bible. This morning I read the account of Jesus before Pilate in all four gospels. All four gospels give a short description of the prisoner, Barabbas. Anybody who has read the scripture knows Barabbas is the bad guy here. He’s already…
I woke up this morning to sunrise. Yes, even today, the sun was still shinning. I went to facebook and was amazed to see that friends were still posting mundane, usual words bout their day and their plans. Outside my window, the landscapers were working, they do so every Wednesday. My keurig made me a…
In just a few days we will exercise a right that distinguishes our country from many others. It is a fundamental right of democracy, a privilege as well. Voting. The memes, gifs, emoji’s flooding social media address all opinions and angles. There are many I laugh at, some I like and…
Tony Evans of OCBF in Dallas is a renown author, speaker and man of God. I’ve been “going” to his church virutually throughout the pandemic. His speaking is solidly Biblical. After taking the entire month of August to study and pray about a sermon series, he began speaking about “Kingdom Voting”. I was intrigued from…
I heard Marilyn Meburg speak at a Women of Faith conference years ago on the subject of “Mostly I don’t want to” I feel that way a lot these days. I DID NOT want to hear what God said to me during an online service Sunday morning. I DO NOT want to…
A recent trip to an amusement park with my grandchidren bought parallel to our current situation I like a fast, swirling rides but I don’t do upside down and am not a fan of the “ship”. You know the wide, long, boat shaped ride that swings like a pendulum back and…
“Need to know” is a military term meaning one is told “only the facts needed to know at the time you need to know and nothing more”. God operates on a “need to know” basis. Often my perspective of what I need to know does not match what He thinks I need to know. …
Once upon a time, a remote village of people lived on opposite sides of the river. Both groups built their huts in a semi-circle facing the river and never looked behind them. One day the people on the right side of the river noticed a faint cloud of smoke rising over the ridge behind…
As yet another Covid disappointment piles on the growing heap of cancelled plans, I found myself in a bit of a funk. All of us are wondering how much longer. We all thought it was temporary, brief, a few months at most. I write this as we enter our sixth month, ½ of the…
