Windows within Windows
Colfax, Indiana, USA
Month: December 2020
Do Not Fear
I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit; you heard my plea, “Do not close your ear to my cry for help, but give me relief!” You came near when I called on you; you said, “Do not fear!”
(Lamentations 3:55–57, NRSV)
In my last post I complained about my disease. I’m sorry about that post; I try to not complain. But I don’t unpost stuff.
Today I offer the encouragement of the Lord. Do not fear!
What MDS is like
What MDS is like: Always resting but never rested.
For me, it strongly relates the Narnian concept of “always winter but never Christmas.”
When you have MDS, people think you aren’t really all that sick. But I am telling you that there is more to it than the death sentence.
My Favorite Books of 2020 – Joshua McNall
My Favorite Books of 2020 – joshuamcnall.com:
I often resonate with Professor McNall. I’ve put a couple of these books on my own wishlist for the near future.
I got almost halfway through “The Grapes of Wrath” before I got too depressed to continue.
Mac Mini
After a few weeks with the Mac mini (the Intel one), I’m fairly well impressed and I’m not easy to impress.
Without claiming to be a prophet, I sometimes feel like Micaiah in 1 Kings 22. I don’t understand how Christians cannot see the plain truth plainly before them.
Tuna Hot Dish for Lunch
Carol is on a roll! She made a fabulous tuna hot dish for lunch today. Plus, there are leftovers for tomorrow. So good!
Ominous Sky
Ominous Sky
Amo, Indiana, USA
Political Idolatries? – Juicy Ecumenism
Some zealots believe America is at some cosmic pivot equal to Russia 1917, Germany 1932 or maybe Chile 1973. Opponents are Communists or Fascists. We are the angels of light who bear truth against demons. But the reality is almost always more mercifully banal. Christian Realism & discernment accept that we live amid a melange of complicated opportunities, none of them ideal. But God is with us, judging, forgiving and guiding. Our politics should be modest, patient and thankful. It could be worse. By His grace, it may become better.
— Read on juicyecumenism.com/2020/12/14/political-idolatries/