A Mansion Here or There
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_1067" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ed McMahon's mansion up until his death."][/caption] Ed McMahon, iconic entertainer who was best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick, died recently. He had been in the news in the last few months because he had defaulted on ...
The Mystery of Great Tragedy
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »What follows is the column that will be published in my hometown paper in Parkersburg, Iowa, next week. Parkersburg suffered the murder of its football coach, community leader and great Christian man, Ed Thomas. His death has made national news. ...
It’s Morning!
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Morning's my favorite time of day! Just finished reading what was next for me to read in the Bible this morning (a New Testament passage and a Psalm) and a thought from Thomas A' Kempis. It's 6:30 and I'm sitting ...
Despite Weakness
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »Best selling Christian author Kathleen Norris writes, “Once when I was sunk deep in lethargy, I received a copy of an article about my writing in which the author termed me a 'a docent of hope.' How strange it ...
Facing Today
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Was just going over my sermon manuscript for tonight and Sunday. Will quote the apostle Paul when he was in a bad storm at sea and all 276 would be shipwrecked on an island. It's a good quote to ...
Keeping First What Should be First
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in Imitation of Christ, Uncategorized | No Comments »A prayer of Thomas A' Kempis (500 years ago, William Creasy paraphrase) "Everything that is not you I find frail and unstable. Having many friends will be of no help to me nor can powerful associates aid me. Prudent ...
His Morning Love
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way to go, for to you I lift up my soul." Psalm 143:8 (Photo of "Popo" the volcano from the ...
Amazing Grace after a Tornado
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It was just over a year ago on a Sunday evening that an EF5 tornado destroyed the southern part of my home town of Parkersburg, Iowa. My mother lived in the southern part of the town. Her attached garage was ...
God’s Into the Details
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »God is into the details of life! This stands to reason when you consider that everything that exists, down to the smallest objects science has discovered, have been made by God and continue to exist because of His constant ...
The Center of Our Life
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 Posted in Imitation of Christ, Uncategorized | No Comments »Here's a good thought from that great Christian thinker Thomas A Kempis. He lived over 500 years ago but his book The Imitation of Christ is still a best seller. The following words are from the paraphrase by William C. ...
