7/25/2025 – Traveling Light
Open in New Tab Here Traveling Light 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. Genesis 13:18 KJV Next month, Jackie and I will have been married 65 years. We are both closer now to
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Open in New Tab Here And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the
Read More...7/11/2025 – Work Reimagined
Open in New Tab Here Work Reimagined I recently read a short but interesting article on AI and the future of work. In “Work Reimagined: How AI Could Usher in a New Age of Human Artisanship[1],” Pavan Muzumdar argues that AI just might be our avenue to more meaningful, creative,
Read More...7/2/2025 – True Freedom
Open in New Tab Here July 4th Devotional: True Freedom “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” – John 8:36 (ESV) As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we give thanks for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. Yet, as believers, we’re reminded that our
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Open in new tab here 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10 In the midst of severe suffering, Job answered his
Read More...6/13/2025 – Get in the Boat
Open in New Tab Here Get in the Boat Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side… Mark 6:45 During the years when I had the privilege of being an active elder at our church, I took what my Sunday School class must have
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Open in New Tab Here If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to
Read More...5/30/2025 – An Encouragement to Pray Psalm 139 (ESV)
Open in New Tab Here An Encouragement to Pray Psalm 139 (ESV) “My Swiss Army Knife for Life and Prayer” Sometimes we struggle to know how to pray, especially in moments of deep joy, sorrow, confusion, or fatigue. The words don’t come easily. That’s when Scripture becomes our framework, a steady guide,
Read More...5/16/2025 – The Fall of Spring
Open in New Tab Here The Fall of Spring While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Gen. 8:22 Perhaps it is some failing of perception on my part, but I do not note so great an antagonism between the
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Open in New Tab Here “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’” Genesis 2:18 “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31a “This mystery is
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Open in New Tab Here The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. Proverbs 16:33 (esv) One hundred years ago the theory of quantum mechanics (QM), largely in the form we have today, was completed. As a result, this year has been declared
Read More...4/25/2025 – No Longer On the Outside Looking In
Open in New Tab Here No Longer On the Outside Looking In Have you ever been on the outside looking in, knowing that unseen wonders lay just beyond the barred door or locked gate? Back when I was in college, I had the privilege to study abroad. I spent most
Read More...4/18/2025 – Sittin’ Under a Tin Roof During a Spring Rain
Sittin’ Under a Tin Roof During a Spring Rain Isaiah 4:6 ESV “There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.” I was born in the little community of Oak Grove, Tennessee, before Roosevelt’s TVA Project was
Read More...4/8/2025 – Love Spelled T-I-M-E
Open in New Tab Here Love Spelled T-I-M-E “Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”, 1 John 3:18 (NIV) In a world full of distractions, it’s easy to say “I love you” without backing it up with action. But for many, especially those
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Open in New Tab Here 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in
Read More...3/14/2025 – Movin’ On Up
Open in New Tab Here Movin’ On Up Now the Lord said[a] to Abram, “Go from your country[b] and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1 ESV My sweet wife and I had a long talk this week. The subject was one that was entirely new
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Open in New Tab Here In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25 I came across a popular article a couple of weeks ago about how uncontacted, remote people groups are at risk of dying off because of
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2 Corinthians 12: 7 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should
Read More...2/21/2025 – The Value of Things
Open in New Tab Here The Value of Things I Cor. 7:23 You were bought with a price… I have paid $14 for a new men’s Summer suit. I have filled my gas tank with fuel costing 11 cents per gallon. Old people are alleged to have developed, during their
Read More...2/14/2025 – Ancestry 101
Open in New Tab Here Ancestry 101 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus being the cornerstone, Ephesians 2: 19, 20
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Open in New Tab Here 3 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me
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Open in New Tab Here You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore Psalm 16:11 (ESV) In the car on Wednesday, I caught a small part of an interview with Derek Thompson, a writer
Read More...1/24/2025 – So Much Sin, So Much Grace
Open in New Tab Here So Much Sin, So Much Grace Have you contemplated how much God is sinned against? This question has been swimming around my head over the past several months. My contemplation has had less to do with a morbid fascination over how sinful I am and
Read More...1/17/2025 – The Day Draweth Toward Evening
Open in New Tab Here The Day Draweth Toward Evening Judges 19:9 9…Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that thou
Read More...1/10/2025 – From Advent to Epiphany
Open in New Tab Here From Advent to Epiphany If you’re like me, with a liturgical background rooted in the church calendar, you notice that we are now celebrating or observing the time of the Epiphany. What’s that you say? Epiphany: The word epiphany simply means “manifestation,” and the holiday Epiphany (or Three
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Open in New Tab Here “Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? ……….” Job 1:10a With this question, the Serpent continues the assault on God’s character, he starts with the question: “Does Job fear God for no reason?”. But, these
Read More...12/21/2024 – O Emmanuel
Open in New Tab Here O Emmanuel O come, O come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice, Rejoice Emmanuel Shall come to you, O Israel There is something about a good old hymn to usher in Christmas. Even
Read More...12/13/2024 – A Joyful Christmas
Open in New Tab Here A Joyful Christmas Luke 2:10 KJV: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. If my father were still living, he would be 118 years old. He was one of
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… an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. –Luke 2:9 This is such a glorious time of year! As we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is inevitable (and appropriate)
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Open in New Tab Here Psalm 100:4-5: “Enter His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name; good indeed is the Lord, His mercy endures forever, His faithfulness lasts through every generation” As we come to this day of giving thanks for the goodness
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