June 9, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, June 9.

I’m a long time student of poetry. A poem can inspire you, can comfort you, can teach you, can change you. One of my favorite poets is William Blake, an eccentric English genius who was also an accomplished painter and composer. Blake had a complicated and challenging relationship with Christianity, but he also wrote this simple, sentimental poem - “The Lamb”.

June 5, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, June 5.

Quick! What word is found the most times in the Bible? Forget about the little ones like “and” and “the”. What meaningful word occurs more than any other word in God’s Word? Got your answer ready? OK, here we go!

In 5th place - the word “people”, 2270 times.  Proverbs 29:11 - “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns a people.”

4th - “Israel”, 2750 times. Isaiah 46:13 - “I will establish my salvation in Zion, my splendor in Israel.”

June 3, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, June 3.

May 30, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, May 30.

As we come to the end of the week, and the close of the month of May, here are a few bite-sized thoughts, nuggets of truth, kernels of wisdom. Here are a few verses from the treasure trove of instruction - the Book of Proverbs.

9:10 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

13:12 - There is a way that seems right to man, but in the end it leads to death.

16:9 - In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.

May 28, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, May 28.

In my old age, I’ve returned to two practices that were important parts of my early life - reading and memorization.

I don’t remember being read to sleep at night, but I remember always taking a book to bed. As a kid, reading was like breathing - not something you chose to do, but something you couldn’t live without. Books were a window into other places, other people, other lives. I loved books.