Feb 27, 2026 – Worry
When I got up from writing to let Ranger in from the deck, I noticed this image on the photo frame in the other room. I pass by this frame all day long, everyday,...
Tagged: peace
Feb 13, 2026 – Influences
Today is Friday the 13th. I’m trying to think how long it has been since I used to add an “Uh oh” in front of that sentence. I believe my faith, and sermons, and...
Feb 11, 2026 – Relationship
I did it again. I let current (sad and frustrating) events on TV delay my time with God this morning. He tells us to protect our time with Him (see Matthew 6:6 and Psalm...
Feb 8, 2026 – Triangle
Simpson – “We are not sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves” (II Cor. Iii. 5). Simpson starts with two words: “Insufficient, ‘All sufficient.’ These two words form the complement of each...
Feb 4, 2026 – Constraint
We have fog again this morning, so thick at first that the leafless branches of the trees in the backyard just looked shadowy. I didn’t think to start taking progression photos at that stage,...
Jan 31, 2026 – Obedience
Utmost – Chambers makes an important clarification for believers, “Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women, but to be proclaimers of the Gospel of God…. Personal holiness is an effect,...
Jan 29, 2026 – Meekness
My sister-in-law had a heart ablation yesterday. She went to the hospital Monday for an outpatient procedure to have her cancer port removed, but ended up being admitted due to complications with afibrillation, which...
Jan 24, 2026 – Detours
Being discerning can be difficult sometimes. The weather predicters say one thing (don’t travel north), but the heart says we gotta go to the wedding a couple of hours north. So, we went, carefully,...
Jan 15, 2025 – Peace
Pastor Chris Hodges (in today’s photo) gave a message about peace at the beginning of the Church of the Highlands prayer service yesterday. When I was young in my faith, I learned that if...
Jan 3, 2026 – Light in the Darkness
When I walked in the sunroom early this morning, I was surprised to not see any lights down in the valley. In a late November blog post, I mentioned the white-out from the daytime...