I Pledge Allegiance, revisited I pledge allegiance to the flag and to the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with Liberty and Justice for all. I remember citing this with my hand over my heart every day when I was in grade school. Later […]
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The Pivot The world’s a mess isn’t it? Catastrophes seem to be happening everywhere. We’ve got landslides and floods due to heavy rain, fires due to lack of rain, earthquakes due to shifts in the earth’s crust. There’s warfare on a variety of scales along with disputes and contentions that range from civil disobedience to
The Vultures Are Circling Vultures are a common sight in South Florida. I’d seen them in other places but their activity here is much more evident. They don’t seem to care what’s going on around them if there’s prey to be consumed. Most birds are rousted with just a little movement in their direction but
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Chow Time That’s a term that was used in the Navy when it was time to eat. I’ve been using it ever since. It sounds different, more to the point than: let’s have dinner. That’s too civilized; the heart of the issue gets lost in the effort to be polite…maybe. I’m thinking about this because
The Call of the Grave I was talking to my fiancé the other day, chatting about what we’re hearing the Lord say to us as we study the Bible. We’re both encouraged by one another as we walk out our salvation; it’s a blessing. Somewhere in the conversation she reflected on the process of aging
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Pantomime Did you ever hear that term? It can mean a variety of things. It may be playacting—or just gesturing—without the use of words. Or it may be applied to an exaggerated display of behavior. It may be associated with a type of stage production where a well-known story is presented in a comical manner
The Power of Yoke There’s an ongoing discussion concerning how the inequities of race should be addressed. The term “woke” is a significant part of this discussion but its exact meaning is somewhat fluid depending on who’s using the term and what it’s being applied to. Apparently it is thought by some that “woke” sentiments
The Futility of Our Minds So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness
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I’ll Be Home for Easter It’s kind of a takeoff on the Christmas song: “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Our Christmas celebrations evoke an affirmation of home and family as the song suggests. People want to be “home for the holidays” where they can reaffirm their roots and maintain their connections with those whom they’re
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