Welcome to Palm Sunday! The beginning of Holy Week. Most years I find a devotional in my YouVersion Bible app that pertains to Holy Week. This year I plan on using this week to reflect on my relationship with Jesus and how that relationship comports with or maybe competes with the other parts and aspects of my life. As Christians,
– [ ] Your feelings are legitimate. If someone, anyone, tries to talk you out of how you feel, they are not hearing you, they are not listening. They are making it about them instead of you. – [ ] Be kind. Always kind, in all of your interactions. But also be firm. – [ ] You are worthy. You
1. Live intentionally. 2. Say yes as often as you can. 3. Say no as often as you must. 4. We don’t have as much control as we think we do. 5. Rest. 6. Take vacations. 7. Your employer already has a replacement for you. 8. No one can take your education and knowledge away from you. 9. It’s OK
There’s this thing about human nature. We want what we don’t/can’t have. And we take for granted what we do have. We misuse people and kill for status. We ignore pleas for help because maintaining the status quo is much easier than rocking the boat. We hate the strong among us as much as we despise the weak. We lie,
In it she said that automatically, 20% of the world’s population will hate you on sight! I was shocked but happy to know there was an answer to this phenomenon.
I love the beach! Every chance I can go I am there. To me it’s like a mini vacation whether I go for just a couple hours or for the entire day. The sound of the waves calms me, and the vast ocean puts things into perspective. So, here are my tips for a great day at the beach: Go
The 80’s. A time of huge shoulder pads, night time soap operas, and MTV. Like previous decades, the 80‘s brought about social change, technological change, and new diseases. People were afraid they could catch AIDS by touching someone who had the disease. Car phones were a big deal, and those huge cell phones were an even bigger deal. I came
Recently, my pastor preached a sermon on the story of Jonah, which can be found in the book of Jonah in The Old Testament of The Holy Bible. I have heard the story countless times over the years. But this sermon was given with a contemporary twist. Doing that puts things into better perspective for most of us, as analogies
It’s Dead! That was the pronouncement my dad made over one of the crepe myrtle trees in his front yard. This was said as he chopped all the branches off. I could not believe it. He had those trees in his yard for years! He moved over to the other crepe myrtle tree and started chopping away at that one.
Recently my brother and I were discussing some fixes that were needed on my Jeep, which is a six-speed, manual shift. I would have it no other way. At any rate, for some reason we then started talking about the emergency brake, aka the e-brake. I told him about what my mechanic said the process would be to tighten the
