Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“Bless this house, O Lord we pray, make it safe by night and day…
Bless these walls so firm and stout, keeping want and trouble out…”
“Bless this House”
Helen Taylor & May Morgan (1927)
Thanksgiving gatherings the way they were meant to be. (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? Matthew 16: 26 (ESV)
The skies were a crystal blue without a cloud in sight as the players from Penn State University walked onto the football field this past weekend, arm-in-arm in a display of solidarity and support. A display for each other perhaps, because at that moment it would have been hard to find something or someone to support, other than each other, as the allegations regarding the horrific, unbelievable and sad events continued to unfold during the last few days. (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18a (KJV)
The weekend cold front had ushered in some gusting winds which were now whipping our American flag around its staff where I had just posted it on our home. As I returned from my usual mission to retrieve the morning newspaper I stopped to gently untangle it from its temporary imprisonment. In gratitude, it seemed, our flag billowed majestically, with the stars and stripes waving over the rest of my journey back into the house. (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. As Jesus was coming up out of the water…” Mark 1: 9-10a (NIV)
From his view from the bank of the river the Roman soldier could see the frenetic activity of the gathering crowds. People left him alone out of fear that they would be dragged into the scene unfolding before them. Roman soldiers were normally known to be cruel, having been tempered in the coliseum in fights to the death. Those who didn’t die in the fights were thrown to the lions. (more…)
Just some early morning thoughts from me to you…
“Then the time came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin
A bit of a cold front passed through this past week. Actually, it was a fairly strong front setting some records for low temperatures in various parts of the country. And it still seems a good bit colder outside almost everywhere as this morning continues to unfold. (more…)