Our hearts go out to the victims throughout the region whose lives have been turned upside down by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. Apparently some find that trying to prove these catastrophic events signal the end is near is helpful. While I do believe in the promise of a “new
Category: Wisdom
“Wars are essentially, and often quite specifically, tribalism. Genocides are tribalism – wipe out the other group to keep our group safe – taken to madness. Racism and other ism’s that lets us feel that our tribe is better than theirs.” Anonymous Having given you that, I want to
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! One of the reasons I appreciate golf is because so many of the lessons of life are reinforced on the golf course. Stuff like , “playing the ball where it lies,”
Mark 4:2-5 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places … As I
1 Samuel 17:28-30 (MSG) 28 Eliab, his older brother, heard David fraternizing with the men and lost his temper: “What are you doing here! Why aren’t you minding your own business, tending that scrawny flock of sheep? I know what you’re up to. You’ve come down here to see the