There is also a sharp contrast in our emotions this Christmas among people. What emotions are you feeling? There are a lot of contrasting emotions.

Simple is best. The Bible even says so in Proverbs 13: 7 - “A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life."

When you go into a restaurant do you prefer a table or a booth? I always ask for a table. At a table my feet always touch the floor. A problem for short people in some booths.

Labels are sticky. Labels cause problems. Labels cannot be removed easily if at all. Labels damage.

God is doing a new thing in me - like it or not. As those close to me know, when new things are presented to me and new things begin, I generally gripe about them and try to get away from them.

I watched The Great Food Truck Race about taco trucks. I couldn’t believe it!

Lately I am consumed by the pain and the hard times children have to go through.

The other day I traveled on the Megabus from Indianapolis to Chicago. The more I travel, the more I notice things in people’s ears.

This week I found the box I have been looking for. It was taped shut about 20 years ago. I am not much of a saver or keeper of things. Generally, if I don’t use something in a year, it goes to someone who actually will use it. That doesn’t pertain to items like the ones in the box, though.

In the back window was a large umbrella sitting on top of a Bible. I thought this was pretty meaningful. The umbrella helps them avoid the rain of water. Their Bible helps the avoid the reign of evil.

The book by Barbara Brown Taylor “An Altar in the World” has really given me a lot of food for thought. Most recently I have been thinking about the words sensuality and sexuality because of chapter four called “The Practice of Walking on the Earth: Groundedness."

What are the Top 10 things you cannot live without?

Really? The disciples were stressed??

When major disruptions occur, some end up blaming God…..

…decide how…