Love doesn’t mean you have to be a doormat, always turn the other cheek, or simply keep your mouth shut. In fact, most of the time, if you’re doing those things, you might not love your neighbor as yourself as much as you think you do. Yeah, good news is you don’t have to keep your mouth shut. Well, not all the time anyway. … Read the rest…
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Breastmilk information and thought something like, “Huh?” Or maybe something like, “well this certainly isn’t the kind of stuff that Tony talks about much. So I better find out what’s going on in that crazy cranium of his.” Am I right? C’mon, admit it. It’s OK. Because breastmilk information ain’t exactly in my wheelhouse, as they say. But I read a post on social … Read the rest…
17 years ago today a tough little girl lost her battle with cancer. She wasn’t even 3 years old. And most of her life was a struggle to survive. I never knew her, but I know her Grandmother. And I saw the anguish she went through miss her granddaughter slipped away. Tuesday was the little girl’s name. And I wrote a tribute song based … Read the rest…
I’m gonna say a little something about living well. And I don’t mean living well. Yeah, I guess I could use a little clearing up. Because it sounds like I contradict myself within just a few words. But it’ll make sense in just a second. I’m talking about living well, the noun. There. All clear? Good, let’s move on. Just kidding. But I am … Read the rest…
America’s first generation citizens fought some very costly battles and a war in order for you and me to be truly free. And in less than 250 years, the rest of us have managed to destroy most of that freedom. And citizens, these days, don’t even want to be truly free. They prefer the socialism we now live in (or some might say in … Read the rest…
I saw this headline on a social media platform today: Podcast Host Calls White Evangelical Christianity a Cancer – And I could not believe how badly they misspelled the word blessing. I mean, cancer doesn’t even remotely look like blessing. So how could they mix those words up so badly? Because I’m sure they meant to say white evangelical Christianity is a blessing. At … Read the rest…
Have you ever read the list of the perils of Paul? It’s an epic list, to say the least. And it was because he shared the unvarnished, hard truth. About the only peril preachers, in probably 99% of American churches, face these days is obesity. And my guess is, that’s not because they’re sharing that same unvarnished, hard truth in God’s word. Here’s the … Read the rest…