“Do you know Me?” says the Lord. “Do you really know Me – in an intimate way? Not as a thought in your mind but as a presence in your innermost being, in the place you call ‘me.’ Do you know Me there? “Do you see Me in every nook and cranny? Do you hear […]
There is a divine stream of consciousness that courses throughout this world, like the air itself, invisible but omnipresent, flowing through every person, permeating every event and circumstance, encompassing the trees and the rocks, present in sickness and in health and in the loss of a job. Who can hear it but those whose ears […]
I am presently reading the Book of Hosea and found a warning for the world in 7:13. Woe to them for they have wandered from Me! Is there a nation in this world who does not fit the indictment of 7:7? There is none among them who calls on Me. Well, that’s a cheery message […]
If I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you. But if I go away, I will send Him to you. Jesus was with them for three years in the flesh. After He left this world in the flesh, He returned in the Spirit. The same Jesus that lived among them then […]
I visited the Wright County Jail last Sunday with my partner, Jim. There were nine inmates attending our Gideon Bible study. About half-way through the presentation, I asked how they planned to stay out of jail when they are released because so many of them get out of jail only to return within a couple of years […]
My name is Patrick, and tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day. When I was growing up, on the front side of my life and part of a proud Irish family, I held this day higher than my birthday. Now that I’m on the back side of my life, it’s not St. Patrick that I celebrate as […]
How can you be thankful if you are not humble, and how can you be humble if you are not patient, and how can you be patient if you are not dependent on God, and how can you be dependent unless you trust in the Lord God Almighty with all your heart and lean not […]
LOVE IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love Yeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Where is this love today, my friends, in the political landscape of this country? Serious Christians are drawn to the outermost poles of the political spectrum, from far left […]
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE It’s not so much what you do but where you are standing when you do it. Whatever does that mean? you might ask, with a frown on your forehead and a blank stare at the wall. Well, there are two worlds you can choose to stand in. One is the natural […]
THE HOLY SPIRIT WRITES A BLOG Now, here’s a new one for me. I’m letting the Holy Spirit write this blog. Pardon me as I quiet my mind and listen for what He has to say to y’all, and to me as well. You hurry and scurry all over the place buying Christmas presents and […]