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Effective Hope

Medicine, to be effective, must be taken as prescribed by a doctor. Advice or counsel is only effective as the hearer’s response to the advice. I have had to undergo physical therapy a few times. It was only as effective as my willingness to do the prescribed exercises. Lamentations 3:21-22 says, “But this I callContinue reading “Effective Hope”

They Cry, “Peace”

In the news, we see and hear scores of people crying out for peace. In the name of peace, they are taking over college campuses, stopping traffic, and condemning everyone on the other side of the political spectrum. At the same time, families are being destroyed and angry people dominate social media and oftentimes theContinue reading “They Cry, “Peace””

What Are We Aiming At?

I have played a lot of baseball, actually into my 70s. Most of the time I played the catcher position. I have caught some good pitchers and some bad ones. I caught one especially gifted pitcher. He threw extremely hard and was unhittable. But he had one problem, most of the time he was wild,Continue reading “What Are We Aiming At?”