Tag: Christian

INSOUCIANCE, AN INTERESTING WORD

ByDr. Mark May 5, 2026 0 Comments
“Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.” (Proverbs1:32 Good News Translation) I receive an email, perhaps daily, entitled “Interesting Words.” One day last week the word for the day was insouciance. It was indeed an interesting word. Perhaps I am not as well versed in the English language as you, and maybe my...

EARLY SHOUT OUTS!

ByDr. Mark April 11, 2026 2 Comments
“She is a woman of strength and dignity and has no fear of old age. When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness is the rule for everything she says. She watches carefully all that goes on throughout her household and is never lazy. Her children stand and bless her; so does her husband. He praises her with these words: 'There are many fine women in the world, but you are the best of...

CHRISTIAN ETHICS

ByDr. Mark June 23, 2025 0 Comments
“Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and give thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:17 Common English Bible) This Monday, instead of reading a Monday Short, how about taking a short quiz that we can relate to Christian Ethics. I adapted it from an ethics quiz developed by Dr. Bruce Weinstein in 2011. Are you ready! I’m sure...

REPETITION

ByDr. Mark June 12, 2025 2 Comments
“The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.” (John Wooden) If you ever played organized sports at any level, when you went to practice you followed the same warm-up routine. If you were on the brain-game team, competing with students from other schools, you studied a variety of subjects to gather facts, to...

THE SYMPHONIA OF YOUR LIFE

ByDr. Mark April 2, 2025 0 Comments
Music appreciation was a required course for individuals seeking a Bachelor of Arts during my college days. We listened to many of the greats, Mozart, Beethoven, Hayden, and several others. For relaxation and to rest my ears from the typical music that is filled with words, especially when the religious station is devoting time to talking with callers about local, state, and national politics, I...

IT WAS IN “THE BOOK” FIRST!

ByDr. Mark April 1, 2025 2 Comments
In my professional career in Human Resources, I was exposed to a lot of Leadership Principles, and the cost to my employer was no small amount. The training usually was good, sometimes very exceptional. However, in my other career as a pastor for 35 years, I have discovered that much of what people have trademarked and copyrighted as their principle or theory is not really original. It was in...

IT’S NOT MY COMPULSION, IT’S MY CANVAS!

ByDr. Mark July 10, 2024 0 Comments
“We must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.” (John 9:4 The Amplified Bible) Every day I change something in my house. I exchange the placement of lamps, furniture, décor accent pieces and wall hangings. Some might say it’s my compulsion, but I say in reference to my house, it’s my canvas. Yes, I think of my house, even unused rooms,...

BUT AREN’T WE ALL?

ByDr. Mark January 11, 2024 2 Comments
“And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not. In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’” (Luke 17:9-10 NLT) After taking part in a specific ministry at church, taking calls from various people seeking biblical advice, people who are not necessarily members of the church I pastor,...

CHRISTIAN TIME

ByDr. Mark December 20, 2023 0 Comments
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people  . “You are the light of   the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden…” (Matthew 5:13-14 The Amplified Bible) No! It is not a typing error!  I was not trying to write “Christmas Time.”...

DO YOU KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT?

ByDr. Mark September 1, 2023 0 Comments
“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.  Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.  Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.  For the Lord is good;...