It was a Sunday morning at the VA Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The patients had gathered for the Sunday morning church service. It was like any other service I had attended. The preliminaries, the music, the prayers and the chaplain giving his homily of the day....
“Jesus With Flesh On” – Really?
"Jesus with flesh on." I have often heard that phrase used but am puzzled by what people really mean when they use it. It's not that I don't understand how it's being used. I just don't understand if others really understand what that phrase means. For some it means...
Suffering and Prayer
Tough times comes to us all, at one point or another. We would rather it didn't. We wish we were immune to suffering and difficulties. If only we could just turn the channels of our lives than have to walk the path of suffering. Yet it is often in the crucibles of...
When Fairness Seems Slow In Coming
James has just spoken of the corporate abuse of employers who have fattened their coffers on the backs of their workers. Unthinkable in his day and equally unthinkable in ours. In spite of all the rhetoric surrounding financial abuse and the need to address the...
No Pot Of Gold Here
If only I had more money then I could ... (you fill in the blanks). If only I could win the lottery then I would give more to charity and help my family. We all have had those moments when our minds wander about what it would be like. If only. It is true that people...
Procrastinators Need Not Apply
Peter Jennings, during the crisis in Lebanon, reported on a breach in a wall where one woman risked her life everyday from sniper fire because the only way to secure food for her family was to pass by that spot. In Jennings musings on this he said, "There are those...
Give It A Rest
I am so glad that the Canadian political elections are over, at least for a time. The rancor, vitriolic, spiteful language that spewed from "pillar to post" left the political landscape scarred with the self-righteous who believed their cause was greater than the...
Answered Prayer
Most of us have prayed the Lord's Prayer at one time or another. There is that one line, "Let Your kingdom come, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven". What does that mean for your life or for mine? Are there times that we mindlessly echo the words and...
Unanswered Prayer
James had a nickname. He was known in the ancient world as "camel knees", a man who had callouses on his knees from the extensive time he spent in prayer. He knew how to pray and how to get answers. So how did he do it? How can we too get our prayers answered? James...
Wisdom and Fools
I have done many foolish things in my life but would not equate myself with being a fool. Yet by whose definition? I have been quick to call someone else a fool but would never wish to label myself as such. In fact I would probably take quick offense if labelled in...
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