To God is thanksgiving due: for allowing us entry into a new year, more time to serve, learn, repent, or praise; for protection, patience, providence, and all the other “P” words of the alphabet ─ and for the whole alphabet; for bringing us through one of the most difficult years in recent history. ¶ Because of...

Three things I thank God for: DD made the move to Hville safe and sound, with good help; What first appeared to be a skin blemish turned out not to be; Friends confirmed to spend Christmas with us, arriving Mon. ¶ Found my iPad mini Mom bought for me years ago, charged it up. Might use it for my sermon notes...

God deserves praise and thanksgiving for all the Missus's tests, including echo, coming back normal; a move made at the right time, none too soon; the work group getting officially registered. ¶ So much rain. And wind. At least, temps are way down. ¶ Christmas is not a good time to lose weight. Just so you'll know....

God be thanked that the high winds and storms in the region have not affected us here; some problems for a family member have been resolved quickly; the Bible has something to say to us every day, and for every situation. ¶ If all goes well, tonight's meeting will be the big step in creating the Project Reach...

This quote comes from A.T. Willis, Jr., The Biblical Basis of Missions, chap. 2 (p. 13 in the document I have): The Old Testament sketches God’s efforts to form a holy people. Holy means to be separated unto God. God called Abraham to leave home and family and live a life of loneliness. His descendants became a...

God be thanked for: time to rest and recuperate from our trip; confidence that the saints continued steadfast in the faith and work during our six-week absence; comforting promises of God that keep the heart from despair and nurture our hope. ¶ It's amazing the difference a day can make, be it in productivity, mood,...

Thanks be to God for these: We arrived safely at home yesterday. Are now catching up on sleep. Old people need lots of sleep. Especially after long international journeys. My to-do list for today was long, but much got done, even with a longer afternoon nap and running the Missus to her morning appointment. Two...

Things to be thankful for today: Improved condition after detox last week--am almost 100% today; Survival of this trip of many weeks and miles and states; Time to be with family and friends, most recently, with DD these last days. ¶ Lord permitting, tomorrow we head home. Will be a night flight. We might make it...

Somebody made a post to the idea of using your fine china. (They applied it to stickers that eventually lose their stickiness, if you don't use them.) I replied: There's an old hymn that starts: Earth holds no treasures but perish with using, However precious they be; Maybe it needs to be amended. Treasures also...

Was nominated to chime in on this topic by Weylan. Have been going back in history for older tomes. Here they are: Crosshairs, by James Patterson. Nice, quick read for a few hours when you want to check out of reality. Not a high suspense book. Was a pretty clean read, but did it have to include profanity in the...

Three things, among the many, that I'm grateful to God for: Daughter is better after a bad night; Good rest the last several nights after long and stressful days; Coffee, tea, and other fine beverages to enliven the mind and body. ¶ My meditative text recently was Matthew 6.11. It cures many a mind and heart's ills....

Have been writing couplets lately, the perfect form for the internet, on an instance of Misskey that Chris has spun up for me. Most are proper five-meter lines and rhyming, or almost so. Some take a spiritual turn, others not. Here's a set, each one independent of the others. Good morning, humans, goats and cats and...