Last night in a conversation with my teacher daughter (Wow! Age slips on by) we discussed some exercises in thankfulness. I was reminded that the official proclamation for the US to designate and celebrate Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday came during the Civil War. In a time of great loss and suffering there areContinueContinue reading “A Thanksgiving Exercise”
Category Archives: Daniel’s Thoughts
Changing Diapers
October has 31 days. At an average of 8 diapers a day that’s 248 diapers or about $65 at Sams. Thankfully there are wonderful daycare caregivers who can help change so many of those. 31 nights. Over those 31 days a child might wake up on average 3 times a night. That’s 93 times thatContinueContinue reading “Changing Diapers”
Uncomfortable
We’ve all been there. Family. Friends. Circumstances. Places we’ve been. Someone says something. Asks a question. Says something that you know will provoke others. And we start to shift a little in our seat. Someone is wearing something; a rival team’s shirt, a slogan that is provocative, or something out of place. Something that justContinueContinue reading “Uncomfortable”
A Sunday Prayer
Almighty God; you are holy. You are separate, apart from us. You are not tainted by our self-centeredness, our self-promotion, and our self-amusement. Yet, you seek us. You seek to join yourself to us. As we gather today it is our acknowledgement that we need your presence and your provision. You want and walked inContinueContinue reading “A Sunday Prayer”
Jesus’ Faith
Luke 4:1-13, James 2:18-19 God is present. God is enough. For just a few moments let’s consider both of those phrases as we think of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. In Matthew 4, Mark 1, and Luke 4, we are told of Jesus going to the wilderness alone following his baptism by John. At theContinueContinue reading “Jesus’ Faith”
Traveling Light
Reading through the Gospel of Luke we come upon a story that we’re not quite sure why it exists; the story of Jesus not traveling with his parents and at the age of 12 staying behind in Jerusalem and being found three days later sitting in the Temple courtyard conversing with the religious leaders. DidContinueContinue reading “Traveling Light”
Retracing Steps
So I did a thing the other day. I lost my wedding band. Yes, one of those things. The frustrating reality was that although I knew where I had lost my wedding band I was unable to find it, no matter how hard I searched. Let me walk you through how things happened – yes,ContinueContinue reading “Retracing Steps”
Existence | It’s Not What You Think
For a child of God there is an alternate reality. In that reality our existence is never threatened. This is not because we ‘get to go to Heaven when we die’ but rather because as we live in the existence and reality of God’s presence we experience the Kingdom of God on this earth. ItContinueContinue reading “Existence | It’s Not What You Think”
Time and Introspection
Monday for our family this week was grocery shopping day. Christy and I met up at Kroger during our lunch break to fill a cart to help keep our children fed. As is normally the case, when I put the groceries away I found opened boxes of different items that had been abandoned overContinueContinue reading “Time and Introspection”
Limiting Others: A Reflection
It’s a long story, so I will attempt to keep it short. A few months back I decided I wanted to do a series on how friendships with Jesus changed and challenged people. It was something that challenged me to look at how Jesus interacted with specific people. It also revealed his humanity that heContinueContinue reading “Limiting Others: A Reflection”
Seek Understanding 