How is it possible to make all things new? Perspective Everything we encounter is interpreted exclusively by each person, even when more than one person is experiencing the same event. I noticed an announcement for some corrective lenses for color blindness and was instantly reminded that even...
Being present is the greatest gift. Cosmic Puns I love language, the way it can cause things to happen, how it moves people emotionally, what it represents, and it's multitude of affects.Life is very short. The Scriptures say our lives are like a vapor. We are here...
The cause of ChristmasIn 2018, the world seems like a dark place for many people. Some people don’t have money for their needs. Others squander money and resources, claiming poverty. They are poor, but not materially. They have a poverty mentality. Eating fast-food, buying cheep...
Sex trafficking causes pain in every case. Whether for a day or a decade, sex trafficking causes pain in a multitude of ways.Lasting PainFrom diseases to physical damage and the emotional trauma that comes with being purchased as an implement for the sexual pleasure of...
Culture is relative to scope. It can be as confined as a family in one home or the extended family. Beyond, culture can be as unconfined as a worldwide acceptable norm. A business unit, a school, or community, any group can have its own culture. What...
Words are not enough to fully understand one another. On occasion, text conveys perfectly, but most often body language, facial expressions, and other context clarifies. The best communication involves a multi-sensory experience. Blogs and Books Blogs and books may be excluded, because the length of text is...
I don't think I have Rahab's gift of Faith. Rather than preserve my dignity, I am posing the question to you. Would you shrug or meltdown? De Launch! Some of you may know that the online course I wrote with the help of Sarah Quale, from National...
Let's drop the labels and use concise descriptions of characteristics, rather than blanket, dehumanizing statements. Conservative Conservative as a description means a person generally prefers to maintain the systems and rules that have worked to preserve human rights in the past. That's not to say that conservative...
Rahab's gift of faith transformed her from a harlot to a heroine. Stone Walls Jericho was an ancient city surrounded by stone walls. Housing and businesses were built into the walls. Rahab lived in one of these more prominent establishments. She was called a harlot (a prostitute)...
I live in a clearing in the woods, far from DC. I have only the information that I can consume on the internet about Justice Kavenaugh and the fiasco of this Senate Confirmation process. Since, I work, that isn't much. The Vitriol I wouldn't even have looked...