Harbor no fear of failure

March 12, 2009 | 10 comments

As many of my long term readers know, I took up tennis about 5 years ago, and have learned many spiritual lessons along the way, some of which I’ve shared on this blog. I’m not a natural athlete, so how

Heading off another type of collapse

March 5, 2009 | 9 comments

There are a number of people who saw the economic collapse coming long before it actually happened. In preparation, they saved their money, stayed out of debt and maintained a very conservative financial position. As the stock market has sunk

Through the eyes of a child

March 4, 2009 | 8 comments

Children were asked to write down their interpretation of the Bible. Here are some of their views… The Children’s Bible in a Nutshell In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas.

What in the world is going on?

March 3, 2009 | 4 comments

As I walked down our long driveway to get the newspaper this morning, I thought, “I wonder what is happening in the world today?” With steep stock market declines, bank failures, shrinking GDPs around the world, war in the Far

No stage acting

February 27, 2009 | 5 comments

I’ve been studying the Sermon on the Mount, and have especially noticed the severe words Jesus Christ has for hypocrites. A hypocrite is one who says one thing but does another. In one of the commentaries I read, the author