We need some Grit! As we get ready to celebrate July 4th, think about how much government, at all levels, has become tangled in everything we do in our lives. Taxes, fees, hidden taxes, laws, regulations, money, banking, spying and data collection, our doctors and medical care, on and on. We’re not free and we […]
When At Our Ropes End… God Gives Us More Rope!
Life is hard. For some it’s harder than others. It’s easy to look at people and think they have everything, that their life must be perfect: we never know what crosses they bear, or how dark their nights are. It’s just as easy to look at other people and think their life must be awful… […]
I Will Not Compromise My Faith
Even when the world is going crazy around me, Even when thing after thing keeps going wrong, Even when problem after problem keeps popping up in front of me, I will not compromise my faith. Even when my anger temps me to do the wrong thing, Even when my frustration boils over, Even when enemies […]
Harry Cohen, a Life Not Wasted
My previous blog post What is the Value of a Life hit home recently when a local high school senior died unexpectedly. We lost a beautiful life on August 29, 2011: star athlete, high school senior, football team captain, quarterback, son, stepson, brother, cousin, friend, teammate, a young man loved by everyone. Harry Cohen: […]
What is the Value of a Life?
To some it’s not much. To others it’s incalculable. Most people value the life of a child more than the life of an older person. I think it’s the promise of a life yet to be lived. For example if a disaster strikes and you literally can only save one, most everyone would save […]
Random Thoughts from the Week, July 24th 2011
The preacher had a good sermon today – I hate it when that happens, cuts in to my nap time! Actually, he did have a good sermon. … I do believe that we’re given at least one gift everyday, it’s up to us to actually notice it… and no, I don’t really think this includes […]
Jesus – My Anti-Depressant
We thirst for knowledge and yearn for power: yet I’m sure the more we think we know, the less of either we actually obtain. Parts of this blog post have been fermenting in my brain for a while now. I think it started when I first saw a commercial on TV for the drug […]
My Prayer – Original Song
I wrote this song back in 2005 (see below for the inspiration). Kandy has a voice like an angel! I hope you like the song. My Prayer Father hold me in your hand My path is dark; a foreign land Pain and danger from all sides Please hear this lost lamb’s cry [Chorus] Give […]
You have to Believe (In Yourself too)
You have to believe in yourself. To some this may sound selfish and unGodly, but I don’t believe so. God opens doors. God whispers in your ear. God gives direction. God gives abundantly. God changes lives… But unless we believe in ourselves enough to listen and to act then we’re lost. Suppose God wants […]
Did Doyle Dykes – A True Guitar Hero – Sell His Soul?
Doyle Dykes released his first book: “The Lights of Marfa”. If you play the guitar and you’ve never heard of Doyle Dykes then you’ve been missing something special. He plays with such talent and prowess that you’d swear he sold his soul to get his talent… and he did. But unlike the jazz / […]