Mysterious Providence Working For Us

Mysterious Providence Working For Us

It is said, “God moves in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.”  I would like to tell you about one. It does not start out happy. It ends better. A man in a former church was a bully.  An engineer with no apparent emotional capacity, he dominated...
Working At It

Working At It

Do you remember this scene from the movie The Sound of Music?  Fraulein Maria is entertaining the seven von Trapp children on a mountain meadow. I confess to being totally taken in by this movie. It is utterly charming.  The beauty of spirit and attitude seen in Maria...
Humor About Old Age

Humor About Old Age

Some humor about old age has accumulated in my file, so here goes. The thing about old age is that one does not get a chance to practice before it arrives. Yes, there are signs, but it basically slips up on a person. In older years, skin abnormalities appear. Dark...
Standing Up on Water Skis

Standing Up on Water Skis

The lesson was on being dependent on the Holy Spirit and avoiding a frontal charge of human effort to achieve spiritual progress. Everyone was nodding and agreeing that we do not want to try to do God’s work depending on the arm of flesh. We want God’s power; God has...