THE LIVING YEARS
1989 Who can know and understand all the ways or means which God uses to communicate with His children. I have heard His voice through many different vehicles and instruments; still I am...
View ArticleI AM THE HUNTER
"I AM THE HUNTER!" I've heard that statement repeated in my mind countless times. It usually came into my head at the very beginning of a weekend adventure. I could almost imagine myself...
View ArticleGIVING THANKS
I have written down many words that express my innermost, personal feelings on topics so varied, they would touch on just about every aspect of human life. The very act of writing, for me,...
View ArticleA TRIBUTE TO A GOOD NEIGHBOR
BONNIE’S TRIBUTEDear Friends: Once more you have met and exceeded all that anyone could expect from a "Neighbor". Your note was timely and just the kind of pick-me-up, I for one, needed....
View ArticleAN AMERICAN'S PERSPECTIVE
The Bill of Rights is one of those mysterious and magical aspects of being an American citizen. It works as intended even when we are oblivious to its existence. I suppose that most of us...
View ArticleAPATHY - The seed of discontent
APATHY - THE SEED OF DISCONTENT If you are reading this, it can only mean one thing; we have survived Y2K and the millennium bug, the world did not end and it is now safe for all of us who...
View ArticleBeing a man
During my lifetime, I've had plenty of training directed toward becoming a man. My Father was relentless with his instructions and examples. In my opinion of him, he WAS a man.Then, the military added...
View ArticleChristianity 101
[quote] So my question is again...what is the plan for the future according to Christians? [/quote]Answer: My plan for the future is God’s plan for the future.If one desires to understand Christian...
View ArticleCommon Sense & Rational, Logical Thinking
If you had always existed and knew you always would, time would have no meaning, but to us; it shouldThree score& ten was allotted me to live here on this earth, but I couldn't do enough for Him if...
View ArticlePrinciples for living life
I’m going to tackle a difficult subject this morning. “Principles”Right now all I have to work with is an event that took place at work yesterday and my personal reaction to the circumstances.I believe...
View ArticleDevil or Angel
Sunday, March 24, 2002Isn’t that the way it always goes? Most mornings I would be sitting at my computer, gazing at the monitor screen with this blank look on my face, trying to come up with something...
View ArticleDrawing my own map
As For myself, this is one of the most thought provoking sites I’ve come across since I began my travels on the Super Information Highway.http://www.thecourse.org.uk/wpaths.html>Spiritual MapsThe...
View ArticleFAMILY WARS
Here we go! October 25th, 2002, not all that long ago really, I posted something here concerning my opinion about the possibility of peace breaking out around the world. I said then that I wanted to...
View ArticleFOOT WASHING
There is one act that incorporates all five of the love languages, or at least it can if done properly. I speak of foot washing. Now....don't reject it without hearing me out. I know there is nothing...
View ArticleFuture Visions
(Here, I make reference to “The Real Preacher.”)How eloquently he wrote about the results of his being written to by his many readers. Those were his words as he notified us of his short sabbatical....
View ArticleReligious doctrines and tenets
Thursday evening of this week an impromptu meeting was announced for our usual bimonthly “Bible Study group.” I don’t like to call it a Bible Study group because those words and that title causes the...
View ArticleEstranged
2007 ADI don’t know where this is going to end up, BUT I have this thought in my head and it won’t go away until I exert some effort toward expressing my feelings concerning it.ESTRANGED: To make...
View ArticleExactly what is IT?
Some months ago, a few men from our congregation, myself included, would arrive at church shortly before ten o’clockand gather in a small group around one of the tables just outside of the kitchen area...
View ArticleFAMILY & FAMILY VALUES
Family, and Family Values; now there are topics which will set you to thinking. Here, in the State of Kentucky, we "PONDER" on subjects in our spare time so that we can converse more intelligently...
View ArticleGOALS
GOALSAccomplishments that swell the chest, and for some; swell the head.Are thought to be important goals for the days that lay ahead.Acquaintances will pat our backs and stroke our Ego's fur.Or heap...
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