2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY APRIL 18–24, 2022
April 18, 2022 #169 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, March 14, 2022 I have become a pet person. In my younger days, I used to think that people who lavished love on their pets were just afraid to open their hearts to other people. Now I understand that you don’t dole love out like cherries […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY April 11–17, 2022
April 11, 2022 #162 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Friday, March 11, 2022 I’ve been thinking about abiding…“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit.” (John 5:15) When I retired, my number one goal/wish/prayer was that He would teach me to abide […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY April 4–10, 2022
April 4, 2022 #155 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, March 2, 2022 “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things unseen.” (Hebrews 11:2) What an audacious channel of communication! If I master that assurance and that conviction, I become the most contented, purposeful and confident person on the planet–all to the […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 2022
March 28, 2022 #148 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, February 22 We don’t acquire a virtue, we just practice it. Like patience. God showed me today that I might think I’ve become more patient but my grasp is flimsy. The traffic situation: making a left across two lanes coming the other way, a lady in […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY MARCH 21–27, 2022
March 21, 2022 #141 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Sunday, February 20, 2022 The intent, the purpose, the meaning of my writing project becomes more clear to me every day. I have a relationship with Jesus Christ, my living savior. We interact day by day. His interactions are subtle, but profound and joyous. He is teaching […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY MARCH 14–20, 2022
MARCH 14, 2022 #134 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, February 7, 2022 This from my quiet time: “The supreme Christian insight is that God is love. The supreme Christian experience, which cannot be separated from authentic insight, is to know this love in your own heart. All this is mere words–sounding brass and tinkling cymbals–unless […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY March 7–13, 2022
March 7, 2022 #127 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Thursday, February 3, 2022 Look at my beloved live oak tree! There were three distinct gaps in the branches that light would shine through, and I would think of them as Father, Son and Spirit as I prayed on my back porch in good weather. Goes to […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6, 2022
February 28, 2022 #120 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Saturday, January 28, 2022 Tonight I watched a movie and felt good about it. I used to watch tons and tons of movies (I even wrote screenplays), but in my later years I only like to watch ones that make me feel good about humanity. Of course, […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY FEBRUARY 21–27, 2022
February 21, 2022 #113 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, January 25, 2022 He is here. Right now. My oh so slow growing awareness of that simple truth has made all the difference in my life. It is true for me as I write this–it is true for you as you read this–it is true for […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY FEBRUARY 14–20, 2022
February 14, 2022 #106 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Saturday, January 15, 2022 St. Augustine’s infamous prayer, from early in his spiritual journey: “Lord, make me a good and chaste christian, but not yet.” This from my reading: “We see from that example that it is not enough just to know the truth, to have clarity of […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY February 7–13, 2022
February 7, 2022 #99 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, January 10, 2022 A former student shared a Facebook post with me from a Fed Ex deliverywoman who delivered a package to a distraught woman whose husband was sick with cancer. The deliverywoman said a few niceties and then went on with her route. After about […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 6, 2022
January 31, 2022 #92 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, December 21, 2021 I’ve discovered another benefit of my writing project. God will not only speak; He will sometimes remind. After feeling out of it for four days (head cold), I meditated in my study this evening. I was moved again to one of those “state […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY JANUARY 24–30
January 24, 2022 #85 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, December 29, 2021 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” (I John 4:7) I asked God how I can become a more loving person, and He said: Practice. Practice on your […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY January 17–23, 2022
January 17, 2022 #78 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, December 22, 2021 I cried when I prayed with Karen tonight. It was kind of embarrassing. Earlier as I was cleaning the kitchen, she was watching the news. It was such a wave of darkness–the pandemic spreading out of control; “natural” events like tornados and earthquakes […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY January 10–16, 2022
January 10, 2022 #71 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, November 30, 2021 “…without faith it is impossible to please God…” (Hebrews 11:6) If I stand outside and consider this writing project, it seems kind of arrogant. Who do I think I am? So I have a special connection to God? How do I know it’s […]
2022
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY January 3–9, 2022
January 3, 2022 #64 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Sunday, November 28, 2021 Karen and I prayed tonight–her words were exactly what was in my heart. Hmmm…the two becoming one, perhaps? Keep us moving, Lord. January 4, 2022 Tuesday is a golf day… #65 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, December 13, 2021 I play golf with a senior […]
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HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY December 27-January 2, 2022
December 27, 2021 #57 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Wednesday, September 1, 2021 “For I determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” (I Corinthians 2:2) This is the whole key to living spiritually. First, “i determined…”–this is the choice I made, I knew what I wanted to do. Second, “…to know […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY December 20–26, 2021
December 20, 2021 I first conceived of this writing project in the middle of August…on November 1st I decided to start posting on Facebook. This is what God said to me that day: #50 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Monday, November 1, 2021 Sometimes I wish God would just tell me what to do. I have been […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY December 13–19, 2021
December 13,2021 #43 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Saturday, October 9, 2021 We went to a wedding tonight. It was an extremely unreligious wedding, only one mention of God that i can recall. But this, like most weddings, was a joyous occasion–Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding! I fully believe God gave His […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME December 6–12, 2021
December 6, 2021 #36 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, October 26, 2021 This one is very simple and a little strange–it came in the aftermath of a little squabble I had with Karen. I was on our back porch, looking up at my beloved live oak tree and praying. I was beseeching God, recognizing that […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME November 29–December 5, 2021
November 29, 2021 #29 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Friday, August 27, 2021 Our 44th wedding anniversary. God said “The two shall become one” and we are still on that amazing journey together. November 30, 2021 #30 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Thursday, October 28, 2021 “…in Him we live and move and have our being…” (Acts […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME November 22–28
November 22, 2021 #22 As you can see, I chose option 2… HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Saturday, October 23, 2021 I find it is more difficult to discern God’s voice when it comes to what I should do, i.e., specific choices I have to make. I am wrestling with what to do with this writing […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME November 15–21
November 15, 2021 #15 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Tuesday, September 7, 2021 This was more of a classroom oration: Richard Foster calls them “the three great ethical issues of human life” — money, sex and power. I think of them as the three great temptations–areas in which it is easiest to think about what I […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME November 8–14
November 8, 2021 #8 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY Thursday, September 23, 2021 This from A.W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God explains exactly why I started this writing project. He begins with the quote “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) An intelligent […]
2021
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY November 1–7, 2021
November 1, 2021 When I was working on my last writing project, my son commented “I wish you wouldn’t write so much about spiritual stuff.” As I get older, I find that’s all I want to write about. As Bob Dylan put it, “Then onward in my journey I come to understand That every hair is […]
2020
A message to all my former students: vote
I just figured it out—if I was your teacher my first year of teaching, the oldest you would be now is about 59. (whew!) If you had me my last year of teaching, the youngest you could be is about 20. That means every kid I ever taught should be eligible to vote. So do it. […]
2020
Things I don’t understand
Perhaps this is an effect of pandemic fever. I am becoming increasingly aware of how much I don’t know. –How “reality” television became so popular. –How any race or ethnicity of people can think themselves superior (or inferior) to any other race or ethnicity. Different, I get. –How people can go their entire lives without acknowledging that […]
2020
Pandemic Fever
It’s getting to me—I find myself sinking—my quiet times are labored—my golf game is muddled—my irritability quotient is on trigger-finger mode—The Sameness (see blog post 6/7/2020) is more deadening—the evening news is more depressing—the national leadership is more absurd—my escape valves are less satisfactory. Of course, I have a built-in excuse: the unrelenting, oppressive, step-into-a-furnace-when-you-step-out-the-door, […]
2020
The Stuck Nut
I got this from my quiet time earlier this week: “The main thing about Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the atmosphere produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to look after, and it is the one thing that is being continually assaulted.” –from My […]
2020
Raspberries
I’m running about 5–6 pounds heavier than usual since the time of corona. I’m not thrilled about it, but it could be worse. I’m definitely not getting as much exercise as I used to. My diet is more depressing than my weight. There are certain positives that I can’t seem to incorporate and certain negatives […]