We all use faith
A thought struck me Easter morning. Let me preface this by saying I’m not knocking anyone who doesn’t believe what I do. Also, I am not an astrophysicist, or any…
Read moreBlessed anyway.
Here’s proof that you don’t have to be perfect to please God and reap tremendous blessings. In Genesis 26, Isaac and his family are living in Gerar, Israel. God had…
Read moreGod doesn’t fit in my brain.
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. – 1 John 4:9…
Read moreRemember these things on this Memorial Day
These are my son’s words. He is a combat veteran, and the son of two unspeakably proud parents. Many of you on here have had a brush with or encounter…
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A shockingly divisive election just took place. Before and after it, social media, and the news, has been packed with rancor, each ideology mocking, deriding and hating on the other.…
Read moreThe Abolition of Man
I don’t recall ever having read C.S. Lewis’s ‘The Abolition of Man‘ before. I’m in the process of doing so now. It’s no easy-reading novel, but it’s very short and…
Read moreThe Lost Art of Incredulity
First off, as a lesson that will make sense as you read through this, go look up the word ‘incredulity’ if you don’t know what it means. Really, it’s ok, …
Read moreDiving into Gouache
That would be one sticky mess, diving into gouache. But, basically that’s what I’ve done. After an artistic hiatus of many years, I started painting with acrylics last spring (2014).…
Read moreFirst words
Ok, I’m finally firing up my own blog (I don’t think I have another one lurking around anywhere. I’ve forgotten a lot of things, but I don’t recall forgetting that).…
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