Today’s collect is a beautiful prayer that says, “make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy name”. We come with it naturally and but we don’t act on it without grace. We need continual grace of God to be actually and perpetually loving and reverent to one another. There is wisdom in this…
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Sweet Home Mountainburg!
On Tuesday morning, I drove my friend, Marian, to her home in Mountainburg, AR. As we approached this little town, 15 miles west of Alma, Marian had a glow on her face. I was amused, watching her pure joy in getting back to her home town. I said, “Sweet Home Alabama…..and Mountainburg”. She looked at…
Healthcare or human care?
I hear all kinds of conversation going on about health care. There are people with a heart full of fire on both sides of the aisle to say who is right and who is wrong. I don't blame anyone. The only thing that worries me is simply this. Is it all about healthcare or is…
Innocent life or not?
Read this story. Finally there is a light at the end of the tunnel for this guy. I pray that truth comes out and if he is an innocent man, be released. If he is not innocent, let no one have the courage to take the life of someone else for any reason. And that…
Faith is a tricky thing
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6 Faith is a tricky thing. Faith requires acknowledgement. We can only believe in someone or something after we acknowledge it as a being. It starts…