Power Up

Back in the day, when you played video games, you were always on the lookout for a mushroom or other object that increased your power, often multiple times, to help you get through the game.  If you didn’t find them, or got hit too many times, it was Game Over.  What...

More or Less

 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.  I can do all this through him who gives me strength. ...

Life and Death and other things

You have made my days a mere handbreadth;  the span of my years is as nothing before you.  Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.  Psalm 39:5 I was excited this morning after I crept out of bed, trying not to wake anyone, as I grabbed some clothes I...

Welcome In

  What was the best you were ever treated?  Maybe you get special treatment by your family once a year when it is your birthday, or perhaps you stayed at a nice resort where it is everyone’s job to make sure you are well fed and happy.  Have you ever been treated...

Pathways

Do you have a pretty good idea what all you are going to do today?  Even if it doesn’t go exactly as planned, we usually have a fairly good idea of how the day will go.  In reality, we have seemingly limitless choices of things we could do or where we could go each...