A Charge to My Son
My Charge to My Son at His Wedding This is the charge we gave our son at his wedding in 2002. It is still as true now as it was then. This will inspire you with hope. It inspires me …
Category: Reflections
When Towers Tumble – 911
This being the 10 year anniversary of the Twin Towers disaster we are once again brought to the emotional heart wrench that was 911. It all comes back, the stunning memory of the towers beginning to sink, the anger over …
The Government is Your Mother Day
In honor of the largest and most beneficent mother I hereby declare this to be: ‘The Government is Your Mother Day’. Yes, after all why waste time professing and giving ecstatic babbalia over mere human mothers when the goddess …
Easter Past Reflections
Good Friday begins like any other Friday. There is work to do. I am planning. Much needs to be done. It is an interruption in the schedule, these services I mean. My neighbors do not remember. There is not much …
The Mighty Hand of God
There are a few rare days when we find a glimpse of God’s raw character, His fearsome majesty, His rule in every detail, His mighty hand and out stretched arm as our forefathers in the faith referred. At those moments …
Thoughts on Patriotism
This morning I am fresh off the Patriot’s Conference and Ball held here in southwestern Virginia. It was a great event. The speakers did a fabulous job. And, it reminded me concerning some things I have been thinking for a …
Christmas and the Glory of God
The Christmas story speaks of the glory of God. Perhaps this is not peculiar since the Bible talks about God’s glory hundreds of times. Yet, there is something gripping as we read that, ‘the glory of the Lord shone round …
Saving Our Neighbors
As the economic destruction worsens some of us find ourselves wondering what our duties might be toward our neighbors. If people come begging for help what are we to do? Most conservative Christians understand we are to help our immediate …
On Christmas Greetings
Christmas greetings differ from other letters in that they turn our hearts toward the infancy of Christ and all that was birthed in the earth from the miraculous conception. The inevitability of His birth drags us along. We are forced …
Reflecting 11-15-10
Reflecting – This has been a day of reflecting on the nature of God’s gift of family, in particular my gems of daughters. My youngest struggled through a major surgery today. We – well, we waited. Everybody prayed. We have …