Much like my post two months ago, at the onset of the coronavirus and all of its ensuing chaos, as I sit down to write tonight, all I have are questions. I don’t have a structure; I don’t have an angle, religious or otherwise. All I have are questions. Because I am conflicted. I am …
Guest Posts
A World Divided ~ A World United (Byron E. Brought)
As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs …
Coming Back (Brett Beeson)
“I just have one question, if I may: why do you keep coming back?” It’s a Wednesday morning. The pastor and I are pressed to the sides of the small (cozy?) Fehrenbacher Hof cafe, elbows and knees contained lest the troop of backpack-laden students, recently arrived, runs us over. In true …
What Does Christmas Really Mean? Hope! (Brett Beeson)
So I’m either horribly behind or horribly ahead of ye olde “power curve” here, but this morning I was thinking about 2016 as a whole: “The Christmas Spirit.” Because as much as people might try, one cardboard Santa and floppy green streamers do not a Christmas make—especially not on a warship once …
The Midshipman’s Prayer (Brett Beeson)
"Almighty Father, whose way is in the sea, whose paths are in the great waters, whose command is over all, and whose love never faileth: Let me be aware of Thy presence and obedient to Thy will. Keep me true to my best self, guarding me against dishonesty in purpose and in deed, and helping me so …
Attitude Affects Perceptions (James R. Cooper)
Philippians 2:14–15 Do everything without grumbling and arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world. Have you ever experienced the same …
All You Really Need Is Love (Brett Beeson)
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Beauty, courage, honor? Laughing eyes, a kind smile? Or is it cowardice, fatigue ... that one mole, that strand of hair just out of place ... I climbed Mt. Fuji this weekend. Persevered through the night, toiled up some 7000ft of altitude increase, …
