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In the highly volatile and dangerous moments of life, the target of our efforts to stop an aggressor must be directed at the center of their mass. Trick shots are not realistic. Only an uninformed person who does not understand the reality of what is happening will...
Last night, I had a very emotional dream. It was a dream that came to me in segments between times of sleep and times of being awake. In the dream, I found myself in a cave high on a tall mountain, bordering a steep and impassable cliff with no way to escape. The...
When I was 12 years old, my dad took my brother and me hunting in part of the Hunter-Liggett Army base located in Monterey County, California. It was early fall, and it was still hot, just like it had been in mid-summer. As we hiked, we crossed a dirt road. As we...
Things aren’t evil, however, they can be used for good or evil. The choice that produces a good/evil label is ours to make. Saving up food for a challenging season of life is a smart idea if in the saving a person is willing to share what God has given them instead of...
Situations are developing in our world that will negatively affect our lives. Those situations are not visible to those who live in an illusion. We tend to think our generation will somehow be immune from history repeating itself. We suspend the reality and...
Final chapters on any subject are always written by God. A book without its final chapter is an incomplete representation of a person’s life. While the final chapter is being written, our trust in the goodness of God is the strongest evidence we can provide that tells...
Drama and suspense do not create credibility or announce the truth no matter how well played the “theater” might appear. This applies to all aspects of life whether it is a relational, spiritual, or societal issue. Our emotions, if not placed under the influence of...
Jan and I are coming up on 49 years of marriage in just a few weeks. The longevity of our marriage has produced a relationship that is as real as it can get. Being together this long leaves no room for pretense or faking it. Last week a few things took place that...
The voice of God can become so buried beneath layers of life’s noise that the still and quiet sound of God’s voice is no longer heard. People who live within such a capsule of noise will end up allowing the loud and boisterous voice of culture to define reality and...
In a natural sense, if we want to know the future, we need to investigate the past. History repeats itself in a different context and with different players as it unfolds, but it remains the same because it is reproducing something natural. If we want to understand...
Today, calling oneself a follower of Christ and being offended by someone who wants to protect the life of an innocent baby living and developing within the presumed security of a mother's womb is weak philosophical reasoning. We are living in one of the most...
Years ago when I was in high school, the mother of a friend of mine was trying to lose weight. Her doctor told her that every extra pound of body fat was like carrying an extra pound of butter. My friend’s mom was carrying a lot of “butter” and wisely took the...
Yesterday, Jan and I did something we have wanted to do for a long time. We ordered the headstone for our gravesite wanting to spare our kids the hassle of that process when the time comes. In the historic pioneer cemetery where we will be buried are some...
While I believe our world is getting better in certain ways due to improved healthcare, access to knowledge, and technology, all those advancements do not change human nature. In this generation of history with all our advancements, people can be just as barbaric and...
While we want to remain open and inviting to all people helping them to experience the love of God, creating alliances with agendas not aligned with truth for the sake of appearing open and inviting is a grave error. It creates a compromise of our faith and creates...