Personal Ramblings

They Say It’s Christmas Time

Well, Black Friday has come and gone.  Cyber Monday has come and gone, although you can still get some deals. Of course there is still shopping to do and presents to wrap.  The calendars are filling up with parties – trying to balance out between the ones you have to go to (or should go [...]

When Are We Like Idols?

Psalm 115. 4ff describes worthless idols.  They are carved by human hands out of wood or stone, they have eyes but don’t see, they have ears but don’t hear, they have hands but can’t help, they can’t respond.  In Ezekiel 12, God tells Ezekiel that he lives in the midst of a people with a [...]

Coach Wooden

When Coach Wooden died, I read an article about him on ESPN. As I read the article, they mentioned several “Woodenisms”. I liked several and made a poster out of one. On a family vacation this summer we stopped in at Cedarville University (one of my kids wanted to check it out). One of my favorite things to do is check out bookstores,