It was just after the beginning of 2011 when I began to work out in earnest. It wasn’t because I had made a New Year’s resolution to get in better shape. I started, honestly, because I had time. I was terribly underemployed at the time,
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV) I’m getting old. Well, not really old, I suppose, but I recently turned forty-nine. So now I’m middle-aged. And I suppose
We talk about new pursuits and new beginnings. It seems that new and improved is all that is important. Scriptures each week push my thoughts in the direction of new. The word new and variations occur in the Bible over one hundred and fifty times.
Day by day Day by day Oh Dear Lord Three things I pray: To see thee more clearly Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly Day by day – -from the musical “Godspell” Although the above is the product of a 1971 off-Broadway musical
It’s been a difficult year for me. This year will mark the second year after my graduation from Eastern Illinois University and I still have not found work. I have no income, and so far my attempts to seek help through the local branch of
Since it is the end of the year and everybody seems to be doing a list. I thought I would jump in with one of my own. Please understand, I am writing this from my point of view as a follower of Jesus. If that
So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober,
“This is the day that God has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24) “It is like someone going on a journey, who when leaving home puts in charge people who are enslaved, each with a particular task, and commands the
When I saw this issue’s theme “Keep Awake,” my mind cut to a picture of an automobile driver cruising down a deserted stretch of highway at night. The driver was sleepy, trying very hard not to doze at the wheel. The driver could be a
“It was God’s will.” We hear this trope a lot in many situations. A child dies. “It was God’s will.” A child recovers from a deathly illness. “It was God’s will.” A storm blows away our house. “It was God’s will.” Unless our house was