We must believe the bad to experience the good
“I’ve got good news and bad news.” Oh, the fearful, suspended anticipation such an announcement tends to create in us. Will the good outweigh the bad, or will the bad totally ruin… Continue reading
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Final thoughts on our final days
We’re coming now to the end of this series on coming to the end of this life. I pray that I’ve helped someone courageously confront the certainty of the body’s mortality and resolve… Continue reading
Aging has its perks
I’m on a quest to come to grips with, and even embrace, my stage in life as a 68 (and 1/2) year old woman. This is #5 in my series. I’ve got just… Continue reading
I have a place prepared
(And, no, I’m not talking about a burial plot.) In my pondering the reality of my inescapable, downward slide into old age these last few weeks, I’ve broached the fact of my inevitable… Continue reading
On death and aging
I’m 68 years old. And a half. (I like to be precise.) This series of posts is about what life is like for a 68 1/2 year old woman. Maybe you can relate.… Continue reading
Thank God for salt
Heaven is looking better all the time. Do you know what I mean? The weirder this world gets and the more it is marked by lies, corruption, murder, selfishness and other sundry sins,… Continue reading
12 Gifts of ChristX – Confident hope
Remember the frenzy on the Ellen show this time of year? Tickets for her 12 Days of Giveaways were like winning the lottery. You snag one of those and not only do you… Continue reading
12 Gifts of ChristX – Freedom
Many who have not experienced it will balk at the idea that in Christ we have freedom. Like the Jews challenged by Jesus they would say, “We…have never been enslaved to anyone. How… Continue reading
#8 I see dead people
Growing up as a funeral director’s kid gave me a familiarity and even comfort with death that none of my friends shared, nor wanted to share. Coming in at number eight of my… Continue reading
#9 Faith plus works or faith that works?
Number nine on my top ten posts in honor of my ten year blogging anniversary begins with a horrifying hypothetical scenario. Is this not what works-based salvation necessarily leads to? Picture this: You’re… Continue reading
The final fork
I just can’t get into a storyline peppered with names like Smeagol, Boromir, and Isildur. Huh? Especially when they inhabit bizarre worlds constantly in danger from creepy or menacing orcs, balrogs, and the… Continue reading
A heavenly transaction
This is Part 7 of my personal reflection series 35 years a saint. You can read my introduction here. So there I was, a new creation. Ta da! You know that dance scene at the end… Continue reading
The most momentous junction
New Year’s resolution….blah, blah, blah.…lose weight, quit smoking, get healthy.…blah, blah, blah….off the diet, still lighting up, quit the gym….blah, blah, blah. Wait eleven and a half months. Repeat. It’s that time of… Continue reading
Prescription for a sick world
I have lately felt more overwhelmed than usual by all the evil in the world. Murders, rapes, child abuse, sex trafficking, tortuous persecution. We see it in the news every day…a sad and… Continue reading
The hope of happiness
In the debate over same-sex marriage and homosexuality, just as in other issues about which people disagree, the answer to one question will mostly determine which side one will support: Or perhaps more… Continue reading