by Morning Reflections | Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom.Lots of notable things come in threes.There are three primary colors, three Newtonian laws of motion, and three persons in the...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom.Lexia Campbell is a young mission worker who grew up in the congregation I served. She was on an overseas trip when she...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom.“The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel…”With those opening words, the reader of the book of Proverbs is immediately...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom.A lot of smart people do really dumb things. A fairly large slice of any day’s headlines – what we call “news” – turns out to be a...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nursing homes can be dreadful places.Dr. Bill Thomas describes what he calls the Three Plagues of nursing home existence: boredom, loneliness, and helplessness. And that was before the extraordinary levels of isolation imposed by the...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The notion that people can “train fleas” is just an urban legend, right?Every now and then, however, urban legends turn out to be true – and it just so happens that one of the smallest entities that might lurk in our carpets can be taught a fascinating trick.There are...