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Discerning - What do you say when you don’t know?


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“Goals are discovered, not made.” - Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, 1978
I found this quote before making my post and thought it apropos and germane to the discussion.
You know, lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to discern.
On the surface, it seems to mean “figuring out,” or “telling [...]

Thy rod and thy staph…


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This morning as I was cooking breakfast - my customary being two eggs (fried, usually over “medium,” as I hear they’re more properly called, but I say “easy,” sometimes ‘omlette-ized’ - gotta’ love that cheese!) and either

Who are You?


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Who are You?
Okay… I admit it. I love Rock-N-Roll… so put another dime in the juke box baby!
Though that song was originally written in 1975 by the rather obscure duo of Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker of The Arrows, it became a trademark song – topping Billboard’s U.S. music chart at #1 [...]

Now, and Then


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While reading again in the Genesis, I was impressed with several findings.
Consider that in chapter four, beginning with verse one, it reads in part (the New King James version), “Now Adam knew Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain.”
I was curious about why it read, “Now Adam knew Eve.” Why, for example, [...]

Why did You ask that?


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For quite some time, I’ve been humored by a few questions found in an early dialogue.
Especially and particularly I’ve been humored by the first recorded questions, which are found in the Genesis account.
And, regarding questions, the first recorded question is this: “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
That [...]

Addition & Subtraction


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While reading this morning, it occurred to me to, once again, read Genesis chapter three.
I rather enjoy the New King James version, because, in my opinion, it eliminates the archaic elements of communication, while keeping and and conveying the romantic sense.
Chapter three is the account of the temptation, wherein the serpent speaks, [...]