• Engage

    In a Culture of Never Enough, a Culture at War, “Learning” Real Contentment

    Contentment and I have a troubled history. Many reasons: physical limitations, a vivid imagination, a propensity to live in the future… In addition, our culture of More and Better torches our desires with the gasoline of glossy mags, dark theaters, Facebook vacation pictures, clothes we’ll never need for a life we’ll never live…   Election year aggravates our struggles. Each side is spending billions to cast their vision of the better life we’ll live once they are elected. Between now and November we will be subjected to an endless parade of speeches, promises, ads, polls and robocalls designed to inflate our expectations so we will vote for change. It’s all…

  • Heartprints

    THANKFULNESS IS NOT A FEELING; IT IS A CHOICE!

    Teaching Children the Biblical Mandate of being Thankful  Happy Black Friday? When did it start? How is it that we have not only allowed it to continue but it has grown to be a weeklong shopping spree? Should it surprise us that the one day that is nationally set aside to be thankful for all our blessings is followed by a day that promotes greed, selfishness, unkindness and dissatisfaction? Could the enemy be any less pleased with our giving thanks that he can’t seem to thwart, than to show it by motivating us to replace it with an opportunity to get more for less?  What are we teaching our children…