THE SLAP

It has been over 30 years since I watched the Oscars. Even then, my interest was already in rapid decline. I don’t care for the glitch or the red carpet. This morning, I happened to see a clip from last night’s Oscars on one of my social media feeds. Chris Rock,...

A REVERSAL OF MISFORTUNE

Of late, my dreams have become more intense and more prophetic in nature. Last night in a dream I was in my home. Other people were also present.  It was mid-afternoon on a bright sunny day when the sky suddenly darkened to such an extent that I got up from...

THE REEXAMINATION OF BELIEF

Every deception has a process of acceptance. In that process and over time a deconstruction of truth will take place making the final acceptance of an error seem reasonable. At first, what is offered as a logical disassembly of our faith will pull apart historic truth...

LEADING CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION

For the last few years, I felt a shift take place. It was a shift in the content of my writing and preaching. While I continued to write and preach encouraging words, an element of warning and challenge appeared.  Along with those warnings and challenges was an...

FLIPPING THE SWITCH

Every one of us has certain switches that once flipped will change the direction of our life. Some of these switches are instinctive, others are the result of training. I once read a story of a mother whose child was being crushed under a vehicle. The mother in a...