Flaming Arrows

There once was a woman who lived a quiet life. A good life with her husband and son in a city called “Nain.” One day her husband died and she was left alone with her only son. She mourned her husband for a long time and then got back around to the business of her life. It wasn’t the same though. Before “the day” she had comfort, companionship, and abundance. After that it was her and her son trying to make ends meet. There wasn’t a lot of work for women in those days and so h

Would you take a few minutes out of your day and write a letter for me? If you are reading my blogs and shared them with others, or are reading this for the first time, I need your assistance. I meet the Parole Board the first week of October. I realize the heinous nature of my crime, the harm I have done to others, and the necessity for justice. I was arrested 41 years ago when I was nineteen. I am (by the grace of God) a different person today. If you believe that and that

I was recently turned down for Community Corrections. It was my fourth time to apply. I meet the Parole Board again in October. After being incarcerated for going on 41 years you would think that I would be so close to getting out of here that my expectations would be very high. The problem is, I have been turned down so many times that is hard to still have hope. I have to look beyond my circumstances and rely on the power and ability of God. If I don't, the downward spiral

I heard this several weeks ago and lately the Lord has been bringing it to memory. More than once. In the middle of the night. So, who was Copernicus? Well, he was one of those revolutionary scientists in the 14 and 15 hundreds that changed the way people think about things. You know the type. They come up with radical ideas like electricity (Edison), the telephone (Bell), the computer, internet, cars, and on and on. Copernicus was one of the great thinkers around 1500 A.D. A

This past week there was a conversation between some friends of mine that was very interesting. One side of the group took the position that Paul was speaking “sarcastically” in the letter to the Galatians (and in other letters) when he spoke of the Law of Moses being there to show us sin and that its purpose was not to show us how to live a righteous and holy life. Naturally there was an opposing opinion. In my opinion, unless the Bible tells us otherwise, Scripture is to b