No, haven't been watching any movies, just my reading today in Chapter 4 of First John got me to "propitiation", and that got me to visions of Indy. Right there staring me in the face was a word that when researched took me to the "Ark of the Covenant" – remember Indy in the temple with the bad guys attempting to steal the Ark? When they opened it, they were struck down (read "killed") by the awesome power they themselves unleashed. The word "propitiation" in First John has to do with Jesus being the "propitiation" for our sins. Well, that…

We are still on the mailing list of Hillside Church in Corte Madera, where we worshipped and ministered for a couple of years. Prince Altom is the Lead Pastor there, and his Christmas newsletter was titled "Rejoice". He wrote about the accomplishments of Hillside in the midst of all that is happening around us and them. My thanks to Prince for what caught my eye and spirit at the end of the piece. "If our greatest need in life was financial security God would have sent us an economist. If our greatest need was erudite learning God would have sent…

Apparently love has a lot to do with everything – shopping, driving, living or being. Love is both something that "feels good" and something that we experience. It can be both a noun and a verb – a "thing" and an action. Actually, the word is rooted in more than one word, but in english we end up with the usual confusion. Maybe that's why we have so many problems understanding one another. Suffice it to say that without a course in other languages, some of us have a requirement to "love one another." Those words were spoken by Jesus…