Author: Pam

This is one of my favorite titles because it is a declaration of how I would like to be living. Regret-free is a zone that few of us occupy. You can learn so many valuable lessons from your parents but a few of the others can be absorbed. My Mother had many regrets and expressed…

A recent devotion by Philip De Courcy referenced a quote by Thomas Carlyle which directed me to many quotes by Carlyle. I’ll never conquer the many books I should’ve read but I hope I am reading the best ones now on this side of Glory. The quote is as follows, “Our main business is not…

This is a tough one. How does God remove sin and offense as far as the east is to the west? How does He forget and remember our sin no more? We keep score – some more than others. The bitter who eventually take their own revenge exceed the original offense. No, they do not…

God owns it all. Do not doubt it. I belong to a church that has some accomplished members. Their accomplishments are recognized by the world and they are compensated. Yippee for the good guys that can accumulate wealth and use it for Kingdom things. They support missionaries carrying the gospel to places far away and…

Jesus died outside the gate. The High Priest carried the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies were burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through His blood. Jews associate holiness and purity with places. God’s…

Looking at medieval art, of religious devotion, you see many random halos on various characters from the accounts of Jesus’ life. Because we can’t recognize who is who, the artist is assigning diety. Mary usually has a halo but she is never mentioned as part of the church past the gospels. She is not mentioned…

It’s been a week. I lost a friend. I am dealing with an injury. Sleep is elusive and I actually took a catch-up nap that was wonderful. I am still in the land of the living but all of this makes me quiet. I don’t want to write but I have heard some wonderful stuff…

Some denied the murders of Jews by the Nazis but the October 7th attacks by Hamas is proven. We have ‘eyes’ on the world with camera/cell products in most hands and the internet, waiting to publish anything. To attempt justification on lives stolen is a sin on top of the atrocities. But, I don’t want…

I listened to that catchy tune as I drove around town, quite happy with my week. My life runs on a schedule and this week was full. Full of things I love doing but busy. My attention returns to the future. It is Friday and my calendar says to have fun on Fridays. I’m rejoining…

Psalm 16 reflects on the days that are harder than others where joy is the last thought. This chapter is summarized by, ‘The hope of the faithful, and the Messiah’s victory’. The later inspires the hope of the faithful on a difficult day where it feels more like damage control than living. “Preserve me, O…