A LETTER TO DADDIES

ByDr. Mark September 18, 2025 0 Comments
“Fathers, don’t frustrate your children with no-win scenarios. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master.” (Ephesians 6:4 The Message Bible) (Serious Sisters: Please read this letter, even though it is for fathers. And know that you can help by forwarding this to some men who are not in the church or who have drifted away from the church. Thank you!) Dear Sir: The world...

SUBLIMATION IS NOT ALWAYS BAD!

ByDr. Mark September 17, 2025 0 Comments
Decades ago, I taught Psychology at the secondary education level. One of the topics we discussed every semester was on “Defense Mechanisms.” Defense mechanisms, by definition, are the unconscious ways, or better stated, unconscious strategies, by which people protect themselves from anxiety or troubling thoughts produced by troubling times. There are a variety of defense mechanisms, some...

WHEN YOU LOVE YOURSELF

ByDr. Mark September 16, 2025 1 Comment
“On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as...

TODAY

ByDr. Mark September 15, 2025 3 Comments
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” – (Mother Teresa) This is your Monday Short meditation and even though this is a brief message, I want you to think long and hard about what I am about to write. The words are few, but the weight of these words is heavy.  How many times have we procrastinated, postponed, put off doing something;...

LIKE RIDING A BIKE

ByDr. Mark September 14, 2025 0 Comments
In January of this year, Gary Johnson wrote an article answering the question, “CAN YOU FORGET HOW TO RIDE A BIKE.” In that article, Mr. Johnson stated, “An individual can never forget riding a bike. It is a skill embedded in our brains as part of our long-term memory.” The author goes on to elaborate on his answer: “Long-term memory is divided into two parts: procedural and...

THERE IS STILL ROOM!

ByDr. Mark September 13, 2025 0 Comments
“’For that reason, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, but continually proclaimed to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and then all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they are to repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance. For these reasons some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to murder...

LIFE’S PROPER SYMPHONY…AFTER YOU FIND JESUS!

ByDr. Mark September 12, 2025 0 Comments
Your life after Jesus became your Savior is indeed a symphony. Yet, please note that it should not mirror the movements that are found in a classical music symphony. You see those orchestra symphonies can’t be used as a perfect analogy for your life. Why? Keep reading and note the difference. According to a 2016 article written by David Pogue and Scott Peck, “With rare exceptions, the four...

THE GRAND ENTRY WAS MISLEADING

ByDr. Mark September 11, 2025 4 Comments
At the beginning of ever school year in upper grades, 6th grade to 8th grade, returning students would enter their new homeroom on time, sitting with their friends before being assigned specific seats by the homeroom teacher. Being “old veterans” of school policy, the returnees would be seated before the late bell rang and they quietly waited for the traditional new year orientation that...

PRAYING FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS

ByDr. Mark September 10, 2025 4 Comments
“After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel. The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight and served the images of Baal. They abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them. And they...

WRONG MESSAGE

ByDr. Mark September 9, 2025 4 Comments
My early morning routine starts with setting out two coffee cups, one for me and one for my wife. Beside her cup, I place packets of sugar-free sweetener and a tiny sugar-stirring spoon. As I reached into the box to pull out the sugar substitute packets, I said to myself, “The message on the first packet I pull out will be my subject for today’s meditation.” (If you didn’t know, each...