Category: Observations

It’s a Dog’s World, We Just Live Here

Who in the world wants a Chihuahua?

It’s Funny, Now That I’m Old

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…

Advice For Judgmental Church People

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…

Are There Birthdays In Heaven?

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…

Is Prophecy Real?

Stern preacher

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…

Standing On The Wall Of The Endless Universe

Remember thinking about this question? “How can the universe be endless?” It boggled my mind and to be honest it still does. If there is an end what’s on the other side of the end? Is there a wall or something, then what’s on…

Breaking News From An Avid Critic Of The Young Generation

Teen playing guitar.

I Have Always Been An Avid Critic Of Any New Generation (Me talking) Why these young people are lazy, they have no respect, don’t know how to do anything useful, and think the world owes them a living. (sound familiar?) I was born in…

You Have A Superpower; It’s Called Words

Politicians are fond of using the phrase “words mean things” Politicians are pretty good at stating the obvious and it almost made me happy to have found at least one thing politicians were good at. That is until I realized they only used this…

“How Great Thou Art”

“How Great Thou Art” is one of my favorite hymns. We sing it often at Olvey Bible Church. Most times I just sing along with everyone else just trying to stay somewhere near the correct key so I don’t embarrass myself too badly. But…

Could You Handle Being Crucified?

Almost everyone knows about “The Cross”. A large portion of the world has one in their home and, like me, many even wear one around their neck. But, why do I wear a cross around my neck? Nobody can see it; and why is…