That’s the problem with these platitude-laden verses. They just sound so true, so inspiring, and yet, they leave out God. In fact, upon close examination, it dismisses God and declares him to be irrelevant, useless, and inferior to the individual.

In 1945, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote a musical called Carousel. It was based on an earlier non-musical play by  Ferenc Molnár  called Liliom. A number of well known songs came from that musical. One of them though is particularly inspiring and has been recorded by numerous artists and even been adopted as theme for a soccer club in […]

Life has a tendency of throwing us curve balls every once in a while. And while sometimes the message we may need to hear comes from something or someone dear and cherished, sometimes it’s otherwise.  5 people like this post. Like Unlike

I’ve given a lot of thought to storms the last couple of weeks. Since I wrote my post about lighthouses and their strength amid the storms and relentless pounding, I’ve had some time to reflect on some of the storms in my own life. Some of them are things that I have no control over. […]

My car is burning through oil faster than five foolish virgins. 3 people like this post. Like Unlike

Some days are really terrific and really exhausting. Some days are just really awful and exhausting and leave you feeling really down and even depressed. Then there are days that offer both kinds of exhaustion and it’s hard to know what to make of them. It is at such times when I really long for […]

by Tom Hampton (Used by permission) In my life, there are times of sadness and times of joy. In my life, there are friends abound and loneliness. In my life, there is great light and darkness. In my life, there are two people and then they are one. My soul reaches for home in the […]

by Tom Hampton (Used by permission) In my life, there are times of sadness and times of joy. In my life, there are friends abound and loneliness. In my life, there is great light and darkness. In my life, there are two people and then they are one. My soul reaches for home in the […]

A poem by Josesph R. Henderson Why did we believe that wicked man When he told us there was no other way? His way was alluring, appealing, subversive. We chewed our lower lip and said, “o.k., if you insist.” Yet even in our innocence we knew That he and truth had long since parted company. […]

A poem by Del (used with permission) A fleeting glimpse of shapely flesh Sets my blood to boil. Why was it needful to wire me thus; That I suffer this curs’ed turmoil? The flirts and smiles of feminine wiles Insults my struggling will. How shall I be free of such control, And this beast within […]

A poem by Amy (used by permission) Sparks Though the darkness is deep And the mists swirl and blind, I have an advantage, A wonderful find. My sparks in my hands Create just enough light To show me my path Past humanity’s blight. I found them myself. No, I don’t know quite where, And, no, […]

A poem by Joseph R. Henderson (used by permission) are they known as mortal sins because they make us mortal or because they are mortal? Joseph R. Henderson, Copyright 2000, All Rights Reserved Be the first to like. Like Unlike