I wish to encourage each man, each father, each follower of The Master, that during this Father’s Day celebration, and the days which follows, to reexamine our very unique spiritual calling. Collectively, each man [each person] must resist the cultural pull of secular humanism at the horrifying possibility of forfeiting our divine purpose and calling in this … [Read more…]
In a recent conversation with a friend, the status of Christianity in America somewhat became a hot discussion item. Between our personal opinions and recent facts about social, cultural and political trends that are impacting our lives, I wanted to see what researchers have to say about this matter. What is your response to this … [Read more…]
For most of the month of May, I have been examining this matter of identity and all of the many internal/external factors that mold and shape our sense of self-awareness as relational and functional human beings. While meditating on some of the newly learned data, I begin wrestling with myself in an effort at listing the … [Read more…]
Image by heartstories.com We are Sorry For Your Loss I have battled within myself since Friday whether or not to write a blog on the latest school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, [3 hours east from my birthplace in San Antonio] where 10 students were shot and killed by one of their fellow’s classmates. According to … [Read more…]
Walking Around Blind Recently, I found myself surrounded by literally thousands of eyeglasses frames at a local optical store in Duluth, Georgia. As I shopped around independently, I was somewhat overwhelmed at all of the various styles, shapes, colors, and options associated with just the frames. I tried on about two different styles that fulfilled my personal … [Read more…]
Lord, You are the hope of Israel; all who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away from You will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the Spring of Living Water. Jeremiah 17:13 The Word Made Flesh The beloved disciple John begins his Gospel account of The … [Read more…]
Help Adonai! For no one godly is left… Psalms 12:1 [CJB version] The following blog post was inspired by my reading, meditation, and interpretation of Psalms 12:1-5. The greatest enemy of absolute truth is not unbelief! For all disbelieved until one encountered something far greater than self. The very notion of each of us being created as finite creatures naturally disqualifies us to have … [Read more…]
The essential tenets of the foundational message of the Gospel, though it is both good news and good tidings of peace; forgiveness, righteousness, present and eternal salvation in Christ, the Gospel message has and will continue to be very disdained and rejected by most of humanity. Throughout its inception, up to our current times and … [Read more…]
“He summoned the crowd with His disciples and said to them, ‘Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”’ -Mark 8:34- What would drive a Godfearing man to travel nearly 900 miles with his two sons, taking several weeks before arriving in Jerusalem just in time to … [Read more…]
The opposite of love is not to hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death. Elie Wiesel, US News & World Report, 27 October 1986 This blog post is dedicated to my first cousin, Wanda Lee. Thank you for permitting me to … [Read more…]