faith

The Good Old Days

Oh, the good old days when everything was perfect; how I long for the days of my youth when life was simpler and cheaper. Well, to be honest, one of the reasons life was simpler was because I didn’t know how much things cost because I didn’t have to buy them, which is part of the reason that life was simpler. Sunday was church day, Tuesday was laundry day for clothes and Thursday was laundry day for towels and sheets. Dinner was at 6 PM, lunch always at noon. All I had to do was put my dirty laundry in its place and it would show up clean, and respond to my parent’s call for food and it would show up on my plate. Oh, The good old days!

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The Best Offence is…

…an outside observer with no actual issue taking issue with something or someone on another’s behalf. There was a time when the best offence was a good defence, but things have changed. Instead of playing defence people have taken to making others go on the defence because they find what they are saying offensive. Yes, there are universally offensive actions, at least there used to be, but what was once black and white has become grey while what was once no big deal has become the thing most offensive to a select group of self-appointed defenders of those they perceive in need of defence.

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Could Someone Be Opening a Can of Worms?

I am not an expert on opening a can of worms. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I have ever opened a can of worms. I have opened a Styrofoam container of worms when I used to fish. I have opened a can of soup, a can of pop, a can of juice, a can of oil, a can of beer (sorry to those who might be offended by this act), a can of paint, a can of peas, corn, olives, peaches, pears, fruit cocktail and, once when I was in grade school I opened a can of whoop King James donkey (my attempt to avoid further offence) on someone who was bullying me. After this trip down memory lane, I still don’t remember opening a can of worms. By the end of this post, I believe I will have made a case that a can of worms being opened is not only biblical, but it might also be something that will happen again.

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Does God Exist?

Is there proof of an intelligent force that is beyond humanity? Did the universe become what we see today by chance or was there a cause behind all that we see? Is that “cause” still active today and if so, what does “active “mean? If you have come to the conclusion that there is something/someone that exists in a capacity far beyond the limits of human existence, what now?

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A Spring in My Step

I always have something going on when I walk! The spring in my step is better described as a drunken stagger. I don’t notice it, but according to my wife I walk funny. It’s not just my wife; everyone who has seen me with or without my walking aids have noticed I look like I have a problem with the bottle. A spring in my step might better be described as a drunken stupor in my gait followed by a stumble and maybe even a fall. It is not fall though, it’s almost spring which gives me a spring in my step even when I am zipping around in my wheelchair!

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Where Were You When…?

At first glance this could be a question you would ask of someone you were counting on during a difficult period of time. There is nothing worse than facing the things that life throws at us without the support of those who we feel we can count on. The tone of voice assigned to this question immediately exposes the degree of pain one has been forced to endure in what can be best described as isolation.

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