It’s a Matter of Perspective

It’s a Matter of Perspective

by | Apr 4, 2022 | A c. of attitude, Cost, Interpreting circumstances differently, Many things are r., Perspective, Piano tuning, Professional services, Relative, Seeing things in a new light, The c. of things is relative

“$165 to tune a piano!” the pleasant voice over the phoned said as though that was pocket money for a Tuesday. Since I can remember when it cost $45, this price seemed high. After determining the availability of this piano tuner (if worst came to worst), I called a...

Out With The Old and In With The New (Fasting, Patches and Wineskins)


by | Sep 15, 2021 | Asceticism, Fasting, Feasting, Levi (Matthew) former tax collector, Luke 5:33-39, Mark 2:18-22, Matthew 9:14-17, Old/New Covenant, Wineskins

A passage was explained in church this morning (May 30, 2021) that I have never understood. So I will try to be a good errand boy and hand on what I’ve learned.   John’s disciples were questioning why they and the Pharisees fasted, but Jesus and His disciples did...
Not Changing Made Us Look Foolish (Part 3 of 3)

Not Changing Made Us Look Foolish (Part 3 of 3)

by | Jan 19, 2021 | Change (s, ing, ed), Guilty, Martin Luther King, Political mud-slinging, President Richard Nixon, President Richard Nixon was G., Race Relations, Slander, The Gospel Does Not C., Vietnam

Living in America in the 1960s and 1970s we experienced the three events/personalities listed below.  Only years later do we understand that: 1.  Vietnam was a mistake.  Or the way the war was conducted was.  America was lied to by its leaders, yet...
We Should Have Changed

We Should Have Changed

by | Jan 9, 2021 | America’s a.i. did not change, Auto Industry, Can’t do without, Change (s, ing, ed), Enjoying the c. to modern conveniences, General Motors, Mighty G.M. did not c., Mighty G.M. did not change, The house of Saul c. to the house of David, What we get used to and then c.d.w.

Change was in the air The house of Saul was fading; David was growing stronger by the day as more and more men declared their allegiance to him (I Chronicles 12). Among those who came over were “the men of Issachar who understood the times and knew what Israel should...