Don’t Miss Your Once in a Lifetime Moment!

Don’t Miss Your Once in a Lifetime Moment!

The greatest casualty in the war against Covid-19 and its variants (not to mention the deadly jabs) may prove to be the loss of confidence by the public in their once respected government institutions. (Poll-driven party politicians long ago forfeited the trust of...
Hypothetical ‘What If?’ Anxieties

Hypothetical ‘What If?’ Anxieties

In the face of visible danger, fear can prompt us to take defensive or evasive action – the well-known “fight or flight” reaction. But anxiety often comes through the perception of a threat that doesn’t exist. A “What if?” is a hypothetical question that arises...
When Fiction Poses as Fact and All Else Fades

When Fiction Poses as Fact and All Else Fades

I know how to make a heap of money, I mean really big bucks! How did I make this fabulous discovery? Well, the novelist Dan Brown showed me, but at first I just didn’t get it. Maybe it was the murderous albino monk; or the dubious centerpiece of the novel centered...
Stop Waiting and Start Receiving!

Stop Waiting and Start Receiving!

In my younger years I had a problem with waiting around for people to appear and things to happen. That was, until I spent a lot of time in the mountains of Borneo and the provinces of the Philippines, where waiting is not just likely but certain, whether it’s for an...
NO ENTRY

NO ENTRY

Psalm 90:10 assures us that “No plague shall come near your dwelling.” Since the Day of Pentecost, “The LORD of heaven and earth dwells not in temples made with hands” (Acts 17:24) but in the body of every believer, “the temple...
Don’t Lose Your Grip or the Spring in Your Step!

Don’t Lose Your Grip or the Spring in Your Step!

When the tribe of Judah captured Adoni-Bezek (Lord of Lightning) they did what he had done to others — they chopped off both of his thumbs and his big toes. He lost his grip on the handle of his sword and his spring for a quick start. Extreme? It sure was!...

Peter E. Barfoot