Clinging to That Which is Dear…but Not Always

I’ve thought often about the fact that we each have an invisible clock on our chest. It’s like a basketball clock and it is counting down. When it gets to zero, our life is over.
Except for those who are terminally ill, most of us don’t know what time is left on our clocks. For a [...]

Shaky Foundations

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?” [...]

Keeping the Unseen Goal in Mind

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

On Friday, we hiked the 3-mile “Delicate Arch” trail. It took us over chert (a hard, shiny rock that the Native Americans fashioned into tools and weapons), very large open areas of “slickrock” and along a ledge that hugged [...]

Out of Destruction, Beauty Immeasurable!

“Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes [...]

A Cord of Three…

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12
A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet: four feet high, four feet wide and eight feet long.
We cut a couple of them the other day.
I say “we” because I have three great, long-time [...]

The Fairhope Truth Encounter

I’m on the plane returning home from a wonderful time at Eastern Shores Presbyterian Church, in Fairhope, Alabama.
What a jewel of a place!
I can understand why it was picked as one of the top best places to live in the United States. It sits right on the shore of Mobile Bay and the streets are [...]