Are You Standing for the NFL?
American Flag proudly flying above the U.S.S. Constellation in Baltimore, Maryland’s Inner Harbor. I’d like to have a word with Americans today. And when I say Americans, I not only mean citizens of this great Country, I mean citizens who are loyal to the Country and its Government. Because you are the only true citizens. […]
Do You Meet Minium Requirements?
A co-worker came into work the other day and matter-of-factly proclaimed: “I met the minimum requirements of motherhood this morning.” I had to chuckle. We all have some set of minimum requirements we believe we need to meet in order to survive each day. But there are also a set of minimum requirements that others […]
Are You The Redeemed of the Lord?
One of the more interesting dynamics of the Christian Faith to me is the argument that as the Elect of God, we are perfectly in his hands. Never to have calamity or evil ever cross our paths again. These are the “feel good” Christians. The idea that “if God be for me, who can be […]
A New Dynamic
When I started LRPSP three plus years ago, I had no intention or desire to have a blog. I did not set out to simply archive my thoughts for all the world to peruse. If you have read any of them and taken pause, been blessed, or given new thought to some subject, then I […]
Do You Make A Difference?
In 2008 The Oak Ridge Boys asked the question “Did I make a difference in somebody’s life?” through a pretty thoughtful melody. They inspired people though song to consider whether or not they were making a difference in the world in which we all live. The song is asking us whether or not we are […]
Are You Rich?
Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, recently addressed the Harvard University graduating class during which he said: “We should explore ideas like universal basic income to make sure that everyone has a cushion to try new ideas,” A Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a concept that has gained quite a bit of attention […]
Does Your Life Have Meaning?
Here we are at another Easter. April 16, 2017 is the 55th Easter I have encountered in my life. Many of my early Easters were spent with family and friends hunting for Easter Eggs, trying to fill baskets with Easter candy, and having Easter Day meals. All of these have been joyous occasions and comprise […]
How Do You Walk the Line?
In my last post I talked about the judgements we use in our day-to-day lives. It is clear from Scripture that God intends for us to use good judgement in our lives. However it is also clear we should not condemn those around us. The grey area comes when we try to become judge, jury, […]
Do You Use Good Judgement?
“1Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again” Matthew 7:1-2 KJV And with these words a lot of people in the world want to “throw the baby out with the bath water” (a […]
Do You Have A Bucket List?
In 2007 Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman brought us The Bucket List, a movie about facing death and accomplishing your life’s goals. The basic premise of the movie is that two men facing certain and imminent death, decide they have not yet lived life to the fullest and make a list of things they wish […]