It doesn’t matter if you have a voice like Bocelli or you think your singin’s smelly…you should sing out loud, today, and be glad you’re alive. You exist. You are somebody. There’s no one else quite like you in the whole world. So sing out loud like there’s no one else in the world. Sing anything you feel. Anything that makes you smile. Anything … Read the rest…
The Salt of the Earth Is Losing Flavor and Getting Trampled Under Foot
“It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” What is the “it” that sentence is talking about? Salt. “Salt of the earth” to be more precise. It’s a metaphor for Christians and the Christian message. And even here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. this salt is being tossed out and stomped on. But does … Read the rest…
Can Your Ears Stand All This Joy Peace Fear Time Hypocrisy? – Podcast 93
In this episode of the podcast I talk about joy peace, fear, time, hypocrisy, and the measles. Yep, you read that right. It all makes more sense when you read (or listen to) these stories… No joy in the “happiest place on Earth” The hypocrisy of the atheist’s “10 non-commandments” How a person is a person even before they’re born How fear is always … Read the rest…
Appointments. Busy. Calls to make. People to see. Mouths to feed. Broken things to fix. Bad things happening all around the world. It’s maddening. It’s saddening. And it’s almost more than a mere human being can bear. So, what would it mean to you to know there are 8 things you can focus on to keep the God of peace with you? Well, I’ll … Read the rest…
Are you spending any time today worrying about what might happen tomorrow or next week or next month or next year? Do you realize you’re living in a future that may not even exist. I’m not saying THE future doesn’t exist. I’m saying a future you’re seeing in your worried mind’s eye may not exist. And yesterday? Well, it’s gone forever. A phrase I … Read the rest…
Fear IS an option. Of course it is. If fear wasn’t an option, to be fearless would be sort of a moot point wouldn’t it. After all, if you didn’t have the option to fear, no one would fear. Then what would you have? A world full of heroes? No…because there wouldn’t be any other kind of people. Everyone would simply be fearless. Whew! … Read the rest…
You’re about to see something very cool. A video that only takes 90 seconds to watch. But it captures an enormous amount of joy that developed in nine months. It’s a time-lapse video, and you can tell the creators of the video took great care to create the look and feel of an impromptu video. I found myself smiling as I watched it, and … Read the rest…