Imagine getting gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh just for being born. It sounds like an awesome way to get started in life. And for most of us regular run-of-the-mill humans it would be. But if your birth was foretold for hundreds or even thousands of years…and if there were a lot of people who wanted to make sure you never saw the light … Read the rest…
Podcast Episode 26 is available for listening or downloading. Click the blue button to hear words and music of faith hope love or follow links and read the articles. As you start your week… You’re most likely aware that Christmas is this week…Wednesday in fact. As I’ve gotten older I’ve begun to realize how that old expression “slower than Christmas” is based on a … Read the rest…
Wow…when you look at the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1 there is a long list of begetting. The list starts with “Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers”. Those are names most everyone has heard at one time or another. But the list continues with about 34 other names from father to son to son to son, … Read the rest…
Speech is unique to humans, and this is true for three main reasons. Your larynx is low in your neck with a long air column above your vocal cords. Because of this physical design you can make clear vowel sounds. And the back of your tongue extends deep down into your neck and modulates air flow to make clear consonant sounds. Contrast that with … Read the rest…
I remember a few years ago my wife and I and a couple of our friends were enjoying some exploration time on the Western slope near Rifle. (for those of you not from Colorado, that’s here in my home state) We were driving up a dirt road canyon and happened upon a couple of men (and their dog) keeping watch over their flock of … Read the rest…
You and I exist on this planet at the same time. We’re both humans, and we both have the exact same needs…food, water, shelter, clothes, emotional stability. Does one of those needs seem out of place compared to the others? If you said yes to “emotional stability”, you may already be ahead of me. But please allow me to make my point and then … Read the rest…
Many, many people don’t believe in the God of Christmas. And I can only imagine the inner sense of hopelessness and futility that helps to cultivate. The God of Christmas is THE one and only God. If there is no God who created the heavens and the earth…if there is no God who created us and every living creature and thing on the earth…if … Read the rest…
