Recently I saw that as a young boy of around ten years old, Matt Barkley said that he was going to be a quarterback for USC one day! Well, here we are in 2011 and there he is playing quarterback for USC and about to enter the NFL draft! What a coincidence huh? I don’t…
The world is often a tough place to hang out in. There are so many potential things that could go wrong and a multitude of unknowns. For the life of me I do not know why some folks get all snarled up at the mention of God and would actually choose to do this thing…
I vividly recall the first time this lesson became abundantly clear to me! It was a cool fall night in the suburbs of Philadelphia (Dresher, PA). I was sitting on the front porch enjoying the cool of the evening during a healthy rain storm. We had a large tree in the front of the house. As I…
Have you ever noticed how many varying views there are in regard to what God considers important? It may sound somewhat presumptuous for little ol’ me to tell you what God considers important, but hear me out on this one… It seems that most people’s view of God and what matters to Him is somewhat…
I find myself in a continual rant lately in regard to how God works with His children and delineating His job from our job. I don’t think I can stomach another Facebook status that explains away a lack of results or an unanswered prayer by saying how “God works in mysterious ways” or that “God has a…
Alan Alda once said, “Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” We all make certain assumptions about life. These assumptions are based on many, many factors such as our previous experiences, our upbringing, the ideas and…
The good Doctor used to say that it seemed to take people much spiritual growth before they would believe that God is good always. The world around us cannot fathom it or conceive of it. If you notice the media (including social media), you will be deluged with syrupy, pious, platitudes (yes that was a mouthful) explaining in…
Everybody’s living for the weekend! Have you ever wondered why we are all so happy when it’s Friday? (TGIF) When I think of Friday I think of driving home and then having two days to do whatever I want! Whether I have fun plans like going tailgating or not-so-fun plans like painting a basement, I still…
I’ll bet you didn’t know that life was meant to be lived one day at a time. The crazy world we live in is always traveling at one hundred miles per hour. We have access to information at our fingertips that we would not have even dreamed of in the past. If the computer takes…
It seems nowadays that many people equate any type of relationship with God with fears about their own sins or inability to somehow live up to what they “think” God requires of them. I have often wondered how some folks get offended if you even mention God to them, like it somehow is an indictment…