NARCISM The wren (tinny bird) the Germans call "Fence-King." His chirping sounds like "I am king." The only place the bird can be a king is by sitting on fences. The wren is not narcistic. It is its nature. Unlike...
April 2010 Archives
DEAR READERS Your comments and interests in my posts are appreciated and valued. I am not able to reply to all of you. However, a comment like a "red hue" raises concern. As a boy, we were ordered by the...
INVEST "Dad," asked our oldest son, "when are you going to tell your agent to sell some shares so you can pay your bills?" He was right. Nothing will happen as long as I sit on that one talent and...
EXPENSIVE God, how expensive is He? How much does it cost us to worship the Hebrew-Christian God? If He demands that we give a portion of our surplus, where does He want it to go? Before God adopted the Israelites,...
IRONIC The Philistines with Goliath as their weapon intimidated King Saul and the Israeli army. David the shepherd boy leveled the giants with his sling and a small rock. He took on Goliath because he believed that God was on...
THE OTHER DISCIPLE Being human, we all need someone to stand beside us; especially when we are not doing very well. We can take a lesson from Peter, the man Jesus had left in charge. He was blessed with exceptional...
GO AND TELL! Easter morning a young man, in a white robe, said to the women that had come to embalm Jesus, "But go, tell his disciples and Peter" (Mk.16: 1-7). What were they to tell and who needed to...
