Jesus and the Pharisees: was it about power and control? Or simply love?
The Value of Just Saying “No.”
“No.” “Say it again,” he urged. “This time with feeling.” I laughed. “No!” “Better. Keep practicing, you’ll improve and soon it even may feel natural.” I doubt it. But I’m trying. Why can’t I say “no?” Oh, who knows? I want to be agreeable, helpful, and considered valuable. Sometimes I’m so busy guessing at someone else’s feelings, that I can’t…
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UCLA Basketball, Coach Wooden, and My Family
UCLA Basketball was part of my life for many years; in particular with a focus on Coach John Wooden. My father’s last year at UCLA was John Wooden’s first year as the head coach. My first year at UCLA was John Wooden’s final year as head coach of the UCLA Basketball team. We liked to think that our family bracketed…
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Time and Patience
What do time and patience have to do with each other? It depends if you’re focusing on time or on patience. Time doesn’t care about patience. Patience, however, is only knowable because of time. What is time? The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives us a defintion (or three): Wikipedia helpfully tells us, “Time in physics is operationally defined as “what a clock reads.” God created…
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Northern Lights’ Glory Shining in the Heavens!
We saw the Northern Lights’ glory in January 2024. We chose to go in January because our chances improved and, according to my astronomer son, they won’t be as good for another dozen years. Sigh. The night skies truly were glorious, and a psalm rang in my head over and over again. The heavens declare the glory of God;And the firmament shows His…
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Alaskan Tourists in a Cold Climate
We were Alaskan tourists in a cold climate the whole time we traveled to see the Northern Lights. January 2024 saw us boarding planes headed to the frozen tundra. Why? Because our astronomer son told us this would be the best year to see the Northern Lights for the next dozen years. Twelve years from now I’ll be even older…
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