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Smiling faces. Happy group of multiethnic people men and women. There are folks that attend church every time the doors are open. There are also folks that never attend church but profess faith. So, which is it? Could it be possible that a person who never goes to church be the most faithful? The first thing to understand is: "The Church" is not a building. Sitting in church no more makes you possess faith than...

my 2022 goals list on clipboard and coffee against grunge wood desk, setting New Year goals and resolutions There are a bunch of people who make promises to themselves on New Years Day. I used to do that too. I am a huge supporter of goal setting, but there are many types of goals and goals should always be evolving. My problem with New Years' goal setting is that it tends to be one or...

Who in the world wants a Chihuahua?

Ants' vs Sloths

Ants' vs Sloths

I'll be 70 years old in May. I have pushed the "middle-aged" period as long as I could. It occurs to me that I am writing in a larger font than when I started this blog three years ago. Who woulda thought I'd be writing a "blog" anyway? I don't even like saying "blog". Maybe I won't say it anymore? It does seem like a funny word though, now that I'm old. Many things seem...

Distressed Trickle Down Abnormal (This story is a bit longer than usual otherwise, it could not be told) So much has happened during my life that I am never at a loss for something interesting to write about. There were absolutely no boring periods and few were even normal because my family is not boring or normal. I’m not normal, so I guess it "trickles down". I do some normal things like going to Walmart...

Stern Man I'll admit it; to some extent, this title: Advice For Judgmental Church People is an attention grabber. It scores higher on the headline rating than my first eight choices, but the word judge or judgment appears in most of the paragraphs. Judge me if you will. When I became a born-again, active Christian, I honestly did not know how much my life would change. I thought it was more a "ceremonial thing". The...

Are There Birthdays In Heaven? Today is Elizabeth's birthday. Her memory is 69 years old but her life here on earth ended 1768 days ago. That's almost 5 years and yes I can't help but keep count. I don't want or need pity because I am the lucky one here. And, I am the blessed man to have loved and been loved by her for 48 unbelievable, exciting, and incredible years. I know the answer...

Preacher. Handsome young man with long beard and moustache in black jacket holding open book in studio on grey background Amanda Hovseth    October 16, 2019  A prophecy is when someone tells us what will happen in the future. In the Bible, it means, at the time the verse was written, God was telling people what would happen in their future.   The Bible has around 1,817 prophecies.    Prophecies are a very important thing to pay attention to...