Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive? Looking back, I was deeply focused on fulfilling what I believed were my responsibilities to God, my country, and those around me. This mindset often fed my sense of value, making me view idle days as unproductive and akin to cheating. […]
What principle do I try and live by? I make an effort to explain.
How would I react if suddenly I lost all possessions? Maybe like the following.
I whispered, “I’m sick,” but no one heard. I became louder and you heard, but you suggested a cure. I told you in frustration that your suggestion wouldn’t work. The pain was unbearable. “I know it will work,” you insisted. I screamed at the top of my lungs, “I’m dying […]
What should be my first response to the division, hypocrisy, and hate I around me? Start with the man in the mirror.
Romans 12: 1,2 is a favorite verse of mine. It is a favorite because it puts life’s meaning in proper perspective for me. How it became so important to me It all started when I was a Sophomore or Junior in high school. An evangelist came to our small Baptist […]
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? “I’m a realist. I’m a romantic. I am indecisive and that’s about it” (The Cribs). https://genius.com/The-cribs-im-a-realist-lyrics I’m not promoting The Cribs or that song. I’m not claiming to even know much about the song or the band. I’m using the lyrics to […]
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? He suddenly appears on our television, wavy hair, square jaw, powerful voice seasoned with a friendly Carolina accent. Billy Graham’s preaching for some reason causes five year old me to stop and listen. I don’t know […]
Knowledge begins in awe and grows into wisdom through the practice of mercy and love.
Here is a rough draft excerpt from my current work in progress, a fictional novel, You’re the One: the True Story of Jack and Jill. *** Dad’s final sermon is the most dynamic and heart touching message I have ever heard him preach. It starts out as a sort of […]
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