Month: June 2013

Where is your belief placed?

June 21, 2013 | 2 comments

I was studying the story of Jesus and Jairus’ daughter in the New Testament, and was struck by Jesus’ response to Jairus after it was announced that the youngster had died. The story states, “While Jesus was still speaking, someone

The folly of worry

June 20, 2013 | 6 comments

I haven’t been able to trace this quote back to an author, but a friend told me he once heard a speaker say, Worry is like paying interest on debt you don’t owe. Thought-provoking! And well said. Are you paying interest

Unexpected surprise

June 18, 2013 | 5 comments

Last Christmas, my family played around in the snow in the Blue Mountains of Oregon with another family that had four teens. At the end of a busy boisterous day, one of the youngsters exclaimed, “I can’t find my cell

Delete the mental pop-up ads

June 17, 2013 | 9 comments

A friend shared an enlightening analogy with me the other day that I wanted to pass on… She equated the aggressive suggestions mortal mind pops into our mind on occasion to the pop-up ads often encountered when browsing the Internet.