“Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.” (Proverbs 29:18 ESV) The Hebrew word vision (chazown) is defined as, “Sight (mentally): -a dream; revelation; oracle; vision.” In various English translations the first phrase of Proverbs 29:18 is translated, “Where there is […]
West Winds
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“The end justifies the means” OR “The end does not justify the means” It is both sad to say, and hard to say, but all to often it is true and must be said, that we live in a world in which it has become increasingly more evident that people, […]
Last week early in the morning, following an overnight snowfall of 3 or 4 inches. I went out in the 14° temperature with the snow blower to remove the snow from our driveway (we have one of those drives that you can’t let the snow settle in if we hope […]
I wonder if you’ve ever experienced the feeling of being small. I’m not speaking of childhood smallness when we all looked up at everyone and everything else. And, I’m not speaking of adults who are not as tall as others. I’m speaking about the feelings of being insignificantly small? We […]
The Sunday before Thanksgiving we were challenged from the pulpit to commit ourselves as a congregation to actively and consciously practice giving thanks to God throughout our day, for all things great and small. I wonder how you are doing with that challenge? I’m certain your heart will be stirred […]
Most of us are conditioned to check the weather conditions each morning when we get up and frequently each night before going to bed. We do so because we want to know how the weather is going to affect our day and the plans we’ve made. For many reasons it […]