The Silver Lining

1 Thessalonians 5:18 New Living Translation 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Many years ago I had a panic attack during a snow storm. At the time, I worked in Mt. Vernon and was trying to get home to London. About 23 miles.  TheContinue reading “The Silver Lining”

Sinner to Saint

Sin, brings temporary joy. Forever with us, it toys. ~ Sin, you giggle, tote, do really bad things.  Forever with us, in our souls it sings.  ~ “Come to me.” The siren duth sing.  “Come to me. Your soul to me, bring.” ~ Manifest the flesh.  Never! Never receive any rest.  ~ Born into sin.Continue reading “Sinner to Saint”

Testimony Tuesday

Christmas Sucks! According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), the average American is expected to spend around $902 on Christmas this year 2024. Google AI search results. This figure is on the low end of all the numbers I ran across. The lowest was $50.00, to the highest being $3,000. Living in a highly commercialized,Continue reading “Testimony Tuesday”

Bible Stories for Grown Ups: The parable of the talents

I’m going to be perfectly honest here. Deep sigh, scratching my head – NOT another parable. Come on Jesus. We have a saying, “plain talk is easily understood.” When I was in school we had this teacher, if you didn’t know how to spell a word she would say ‘look it up’. I got inContinue reading “Bible Stories for Grown Ups: The parable of the talents”

Monday School

Preventing the flood: The Story of Noah Bible Stories for Grown Ups A child’s view: I would bet there aren’t many children (especially in the Bible Belt) that haven’t heard the story of Noah. A lovely little story about a man God told to build a boat. He did. Got made fun of in theContinue reading “Monday School”

Why be thankful?

Have you ever wondered, what do I have to be thankful about? You feel bad. You’re sad. You’re tired. Have you ever read someone else’s thankful and said, ‘I can be thankful for that’? But they said it, should I really repeat that? You couldn’t have an original thought if you tried. Or maybe you’veContinue reading “Why be thankful?”

Monday School: dance

“5 Things Christians Label as ‘Sin’ That Aren’t Actually Sinful”: Dancing What happens when your favorite song comes on the radio? If you are in the car? No one wants you to break out into a salsa when you’re doing 80 on the interstate. But we tend to want to move our bodies. Shake ourContinue reading “Monday School: dance”

Thankful Thursday: words

“Many ignore what they don’t want to deal with. Ignoring doesn’t change things. It doesn’t make them go away.” EGYPT-THEGOODVIBE.CO I’ve been trying to ignore something since October 2022 and it just won’t go away. The ability to say what I need to say escapes me. When I try to verbalize my feelings I either:Continue reading “Thankful Thursday: words”

Monday School

10 Things Christians Should Resolve Not to Do: Not Expect Other Christians to Live by Your Convictions Have you ever heard a deacon cuss? Have you been beside a preacher in traffic, windows down, stereo blasting, shouting at the top of their lungs ALL the lyrics to a Marilyn Manson song? Have you seen yourContinue reading “Monday School”