But for the Grace of God

A couple weeks ago, I found myself sitting in an office with an elder, a pastor, and a drug addict in his early 20s who had been only since that morning.  He had grown up within a couple miles of where I had lived for the past 20 years and to my knowledge, this was...

Hafta

What do you hafta do today?  I’m sure you could make a short list of the things that have to get done , but what makes them so necessary?  Maybe they are required by your employer, or you have to pay some bills that are due, but otherwise how do you determine what is...

Treasure Hunters

There are strange things done in the midnight sun       By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales       That would make your blood run cold; If you have ever read or watched any historical documentaries on the settling of the American...

Love and Hate

We see the news each day and we are confronted with a few things.  The first thing we may ask is ‘does this affect me?’  Unless it is your name in the news, it doesn’t often impact you directly, but it may indirectly and leaders make laws and decisions, and changes...

Wherever

There is a saying, that wherever you go, there you are.  If you are like me, you have been spending more time at home lately, which is not all bad, but at the same time, you can be in touch with thousands of others around the world almost instantly.  I have done more...