Hurricane Harvey has been bearing down upon the Gulf Coast of Texas between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, working its way inland, apparently missing the motto “Don’t mess with Texas.” Or oblivious to it. Such forces of nature strike fear in people’s hearts and rightfully so. They can cause untold damage to people’s lives and […]
Eclipse fever has come and is basically gone. This fever lasted a little longer than 4 hours the moon took to cover the sun (https://www.nasa.gov/eclipsephotos), and a lot longer, comparatively, to the maximum 2 min, 40 seconds of totality. But soon it will be a distant memory and display as “fake news” one reporter’s wishful […]
She stood in the Health and Beauty aisle and was fixated upon the soap display when I encountered her. She moved her cart and looked at me sheepishly. “Sorry,” she said, “too many choices, I guess.” I said, “I hear you. Kind of makes you miss the good old days when there were fewer choices, […]
Whose strength do you have? Your own? God’s? Aw, come’on, Barb, how is it even possible to have God’s strength? As we continue to look at 3 Words for Day-to-Day Christian Living, there are 3 words upon which we can rely: God Gives Strength. In fact, He delights to give strength to the least, the […]
Can you imagine never being tired? I can’t. I’m tired quite often and the older I get, the more easily tired I seem to feel. The concept that God Never Tires actually amazes me. He does all this work 24/7, 365 days a year, eternally… never retires or takes a vacation and never gets fatigued. […]
It might seem to you that I’ve dropped off the planet. It’s been a while, that’s true. But I should explain that God’s work continues, sometimes behind the scenes or completely underground, even in my “ministry of the sewers” of my hometown. The work is kind of gross, really complicated, technical, and rather tedious. It […]
