A believer understands that all truth is God’s truth. It is a principle that masters all of education. While an unbeliever may have discovered the consistency of natural behavior, a clear perspective on culture can only be seen through the lens of faith. A Christian worldview accepts the beginning, the life lived in the middle…
Rebuilding the Walls | Summary
“Rebuilding the Walls,” from the lesson series, Return from Babylon | scattered & gathered, June 2020 our Scripture Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” 18 And I told them of…
Stressed Out: Anxiety and Hypertension
There is an old Greek proverb that speaks about being stressed: You will break the bow if you keep it always bent. Just finished listening to a series of sermons about stress in our lives. It wasn’t a bad collection of messages. But to be honest the series left me … ummm … stressed. The…
Tis the Season to Celebrate
I had a chance to celebrate a wedding this past weekend. Traditions for weddings have certainly changed over the years, haven’t they? Dancing became a popular part of the wedding celebration in the 1910s. For the first time, phonographs provided background music instead of a string quartet. Wedding guests danced the tango, turkey trot and…
Tis the Season to be Silent
This is my Christmas crazy week. Do you have one of those? Two 50 mile trips to Corydon. Two 50 mile trips back. Finals week for two college classes. Speeches to be given. Grades to be calculated and turned in. Five normal work days. A wedding. A Christmas party. Family. Friends. Sunday school lessons. Newspaper…
Tis the Season of Memories
Thanks for the memories. Leslie was born the fifth of seven children to a stonemason from London and a Welsh mother who occasionally sang light opera, but mostly made a living being a cleaning lady. In 1908 the entire family emigrated to the United States, and passed inspection on Ellis Island on March 30th. From…