Long-View Living
Three Truths About Raising the Dead
I marvel, at times, regarding the various trends that seem to captivate the attention of huge numbers of people. More often than not, I have no idea how or where the trend started, or what it is that keeps it going. Consider the recent national obsession with bacon. Seriously, what is up with that? Yes,…
Read MoreThere Is No ‘Someday’
This morning, Mister Bear (my cat) was sitting regally by the back door, gazing out the window at his ditch – his kingdom. When he realized I was watching him, he said it, “Ooooooooouuuuut.” Obediently, I went to the door and opened it for my feline master. Every one of you who is owned by…
Read MoreExcept for These Chains
“This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.” (2nd Timothy 2:8b-9, NIV-1984) Six months after the fact, I can still recall a tremendously impactful time of worship with my home church wherein we observed the International Day of…
Read MoreMilking My Plants
I arrived at work this morning sometime around 5:30, zombied my way up the stairs and began my standard routine. I fired up the computer and immediately set my hands to making a pot of coffee – a critical element of any righteous morning. Since I neglected to water my plants yesterday afternoon, I made…
Read MoreWaiting
I strongly dislike waiting. Ours is a quick-service society. We want what we want and we want it now. Instant credit. Overnight delivery. Car insurance in 15 minutes or less. Jimmy John’s “freakishly fast” delivery. Computers that calculate complex equations in the blink of an eye. I find it irritating when I arrive at the…
Read MoreIgnoring Fire Alarms
I died about a half hour ago, along with seven other people. A fire alarm went off in the building in which I work. At the time, I was in a conference room with six other folks, and not one of us realized the alarm was sounding. It sounded more like a squeaky bearing in…
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