The first line of the song is all it takes. Sleep my love, and peace attend thee. Yeah, just those 7 words in the first line. And, immediately, my time travel machine transports me back to the eighth grade. And when I hear the rest of the first verse, I see the 13 and 14 year old version of me. Working, for hours and … Read the rest…
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If you’ve lived long enough to become an adult in this world, you’ve probably noticed how many bad things are done by bad (and good) people. And if there’s a caring bone in your body, maybe you wonder what you can do. You might feel all alone. Or that no one else sees what you see. You might think it’s hopeless because you’re only … Read the rest…
Healthy life. Peaceful life. Wealthy life. Joyful life. Do any (or all) of those describe you in your life? If not, my first question is: Do you love your neighbor after you love yourself first? Yeah, I said after you love yourself first. I started thinking about something I wrote somewhere around 10 years ago after I read the second half of Paul’s letter … Read the rest…
I love wordplay. I love alliteration. And I love juxtaposed metaphors and impossible phraseology. I love working with words. And I love the one true, living, loving, creative God who gave me the language I can manipulate. Take a word like – Phoenix. In English, it’s not pronounced at all like it looks. How cool. And today that word popped up on my linguistic … Read the rest…
Of course, I don’t know about you, on this subject, but I know when I was a kid. I certainly would’ve enjoyed more unschooling activities. And I say more because I actually did enjoy a lot of unschooling activities. The problem was they were at home. But I still had to go to school. For actual school activities and curriculum. Yeah, I am, as … Read the rest…
I remember a guy named Mike who took issue with my Christian faith. And he let me know that on my Facebook page. He’s an example of something that goes on probably every hour of every day. The very people who preach tolerance and diversity are almost always the ones who love to pick fights with, and have no tolerance for, Christians. Why? Because … Read the rest…
Every day has challenges. And challenges don’t play favorites. They happen to the rich and poor, the beautiful and ugly, the short and tall, the fat and thin, and the old and young. Hopefully, you realize that you gotta face those challenges head on. Yeah, you can run headlong into them with your eyes wide open, or you can try to sleepwalk around. But … Read the rest…