We are thankful and we were thankful yesterday, so how much more thankful will we be today? I have seen shoppers at stores who are waiting all night to get in when the door opens and some of them are pushing and shoving so they can be first in getting what they want and getting […]
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So much yet so little…
August 23, 2016 
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I have written about this topic before, but maybe under a different name or title. Why do we see “stuff” as our measure of success? Yes, I have heard the adage about the one who dies with the most toys wins, but it isn’t true! You could have all of the money, fame, toys, real […]
Continue readingWhy is society having so many problems?
May 8, 2016 3 Comments
In our society, particularly in America, stuff means more than God or a relationship with Him. How much can we live without Him? Not much really. We have enjoyed prosperous times in the USA since the late 18th century. Yes, there have been bumps and problems occasionally. Wars, civil and otherwise, have caused many of […]
Continue readingThe few, the proud, ….
April 18, 2016 0 Comments
The words in the title were heard in commercials for the Marines a few years ago. I haven’t heard this in a long time. Why? I believe that it is because of the way that young men and women are being raised today and how they learn our country’s history today. In some classes they […]
Continue readingLove wins….
March 27, 2016 0 Comments
Your life and mine have been influenced by love at one time or another. It could be when we were small children and we could tell that our grandma loved us by the way she spoke to us or played with us. Love is expressed in many ways and in many different cultures. Some are […]
Continue readingLife, what will you do with it?
November 28, 2015 0 Comments
Since we are all alive if we are breathing, then we are all living right now…today, but have you considered what tomorrow might bring your way? Have you even thought of what will happen or may happen in an hour or two? We are not gifted with that kind of sight, thank goodness! We can’t […]
Continue readingWhy all of the violence?
November 23, 2015 0 Comments
We see it and hear about it on the news every day. It is in the movies and TV shows. So why are we so enthralled with violent games and TV shows? Honestly…I don’t know. I don’t understand the love of violence, but it has been in our culture for a very long time it […]
Continue readingHuddle up!
October 10, 2015 0 Comments
In the game of football much of the game’s outcome depends upon what is said and done during the huddle. Of course, the talent that each player brings to the team counts a lot as well, but if each player listens to the plan and follows it, the plays will go as well as they […]
Continue readingEach person matters
October 5, 2015 0 Comments
It doesn’t matter whether you are rich or poor, homeless or live in a mansion or a penthouse, all of us matter in our lives to Someone. The person that we matter to may be our spouse or friends, co-workers or partners, we may even matter to some office or position that we hold but […]
Continue readingPride….
October 1, 2015 0 Comments
You and I and every other person in the world has dealt with it themselves or seen the consequences of it in someone’s life. Why is it that this is the tap-root of all sins, because it is the biggest! It will sneak into your life a little at a time or it will well […]
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