I’ve made notes today on fleeting thoughts that do not make a blog. I do want to pass on a few ideas for you to chew on… I’VE EARNED AND I DESERVE I, I, I, is the center of our thoughts most of the time. Me, me, me, prevents us from thinking about you, you,…

I do not believe that God works for me but I am laboring over some prayers. They are in a journal that is visited often. I think these two prayers for others fit. I mean “fit” to suggest that they conform with God’s word and, I think, will benefit these good people, thus, benefitting the…

I read a post from Marshall Segal that was published in my church newsletter. It contains quotes from C.S. Lewis (still my fav). I won’t plagiarize this wise piece but would remind you that nothing is new under the sun. I study, read other’s work, I chew on thoughts, listen to pastors and teachers and…

I know I’ve spelled this incorrectly but there is a reason. I was reading Revelation 21:1-6. I’ve been using a butterscotch-colored Bible, New American Standard Bible, with the inscription, Robert Verne Orahood. That makes it my Dad’s Bible only all of the notes written over many years are in my Mom’s handwriting – thus the…

Another new word but when I read it I know exactly what it means. I, too, insist upon attention, help, or advice from others. Some days I would rather give out a lot of advice to a lot of people! I think my ideas are better than theirs. We want what we want. This demandingness…

It is summer. I like summer but two years ago when we measured 111 degrees Fahrenheit in June and my friend, Jane, was one of those deaths, I know heat is a danger. I should have considered air conditioning when I moved about seven years ago but on a hot evening one could always go…

Philippians 2:10 states, “…that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth,….”. (You can read the surrounding verses for context.) I am no theologian but I am curious so I google it and found a site called, ‘the New Boston…

Lot’s going on these days but several stories converged on the idea that God has promised us a mansion in Heaven. I think of the ‘Hunger Games’ scene where the victors have the nicest home in the sector but in Heaven I imagine everything is heightened, whatever our current reality is or view of awesomeness….

This line from the film E.T. has been rumbling around in my head. It is the scene where E.T. and Elliot are connected in an isolation medical tent. The adult is communicating that he also knows about E.T. and has seen evidence in the forest. He means to connect with Elliot so that he can…

This line from the movie may or may not be in the Jane Austen book, ‘Sense and Sensibility’. It is expertly delivered by Alan Rickman who I miss so much. Don’t you wish the real people we love and miss had been film stars so we could revisit them whenever we want? There are two…