Better is a dry morsel with quiet     than a house full of feasting with strife. The first thing I noticed about Vicki’s family was how loud and boisterous they were. Vicki noticed my family was quiet. Maybe too quiet. Her family dealt with things and hashed them out. Mine didn’t, which led to explosions later. Perhaps that is what this…

     4       One thing have I asked of the LORD,        that will I seek after:                    that I may dwell in the house of the LORD        all the days of my life,                    to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD        and to inquire in his temple.                5       For he will hide me in his shelter …

28 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29 for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.  My favorite teacher, Ed Ewing, passed away recently. He was my favorite teacher because he brooked no nonsense and every minute of his classes was used for teaching and learning….

10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. 11 So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one…

26 Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the LORD our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there.” Some compromise is good. Some is not. Neville Chamberlain compromised with Adolf Hitler and it eventually plunged…

Hebrews 4:13  And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.  Character has been defined as what you do when no one is watching. This is not a comforting verse for those who struggle with character. When I was young, I used to pretend…