by wordsfortheday | Feb 27, 2025 | Holy Spirit, Sin
Back in the ancient days when I was young, I worked offshore on an oil rig derrick barge as a “rigger” for a while. These giant barges would float pre-constructed oil rigs far out to sea and then would anchor them in place by driving huge pipes hundreds of...
by wordsfortheday | Feb 26, 2025 | Holy Spirit, Tears of joy
Reader submission: In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features except for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author o subject in...
by wordsfortheday | Feb 24, 2025 | God’s intervention, Holy Spirit
Does God ever directly intervene in our lives? After all He has to be incredibly busy. The latest scientific estimate indicates that there are 100 billion trillion stars in the universe. It is hard to imagine how such a project could be effectively managed and we...
by wordsfortheday | Feb 21, 2025 | Forgiveness, Holy Spirit
A reader sent the following colorful email the other day regarding forgiveness written by one of my heroes John Wayne. Mr. Williamson, someone recently sent me what he said was a quote from John Wayne that might fit your stress in your recent Word for the Day entry....
by wordsfortheday | Feb 20, 2025 | Holy Spirit, Works
One time I tried to help a disillusioned young man who was working on my house with a construction crew. He’d broken up with his girlfriend, quit his job, started drinking and (of all things) had begun smoking cigarettes. He’d moved to the Florida Keys...
