Author: ger

Previously, we premised that the Lord GOD is good so as to shift our perspective and better understand “Why?” Must we go through pain and suffering? Aside from our fallen…

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke . . .1 As Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever,2 he continues to speak to…

We are the only country that celebrates Christmas the longest, regardless of the economy. We give the Season much weight. Whereas, traditionally, the English greeting was “Merry Christmas and a…

The year 2020 has really been unprecedented. A friend asked, “How can one explain how God allows suffering if he were a good god?” There are much more difficult questions,…

The year 2020, has had its challenges and the coming year 2021, is rife with uncertainty, fear, negative emotions, and self-doubts. Without denying the facts, we’d rather walk by faith…

Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.1 The mind is a peculiar thing. It can easily be distracted and swayed in the wrong…

The year 2020 is about to end; it went like a blur. Many even would rather that it didn’t occur; if only restart where possible? For many, 2020 had figuratively…

The town of Austin, Minnesota is known as "Spamtown, USA." George A. Hormel founded his namesake slaughterhouse and meatpacking facility there in 1891. Housewives in the late '30s soon grew…

By nature we are adverse to change.  Edward Wheeler Scripture recounted this conclusion in The New Psychology (1897): "a live frog can actually be boiled without a movement if the water is heated…

Am amazed by trained dogs—reminds me of my own German shepherd that I received as a gift after Grade School. The basic step in training is to first get her…