Posts from May 2022

The Fine Print

It seems that just about everything we need to get done nowadays involves some sort of contract. And in every one of those contracts there is a great deal of fine print. By “a great deal of fine print” I mean this—A. Great. Deal. Of. Fine. Print. That fine print continues to grow, too. I…

What Are Your Demands?

Life circumstances tend to dictate our degree of desperation. There are all sorts of situations in which we find ourselves in need, so we ask for help. This I would describe as the ‘early stage’ on the desperation spectrum. That is not to say we are not truly in need, but only to say that…

What We Keep

The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. It is interesting to note that quite a bit of time passed before Eve came to be called Eve—a name that sounds like the Hebrew word for “lifegiver.” Interesting also is the origin of Adam’s name. In Hebrew, besides meaning…

Help Us

Each of us has his own capabilities and skills. There are people right here right now in this congregation who can do things that others of us consider amazing. There is a base of knowledge among our church family that, collectively speaking, would boggle the mind if we were able to consider it in all…