• Solitary BINGO

    As an introvert, “social distancing” is a job perk I’ve been rehearsing for all of my life! Maybe tomorrow … solitary BINGO. … BINGO!

  • Relief

    I thought I missed something … with our new toilet paper free bidet system. No sooner had I returned daisy fresh to my bedside that I felt something hard slide down the back of my leg inside my jammies, bounce off my foot and onto the floor with a plop. I glanced at Carol and…

  • Discover the Place of Your Resurrection

    How to follow the will of God when faced with life’s uncertainty. The Apostle Paul under house arrest in Rome discovered the will of God working through him in the midst of a difficult time. St. Brendan, the Irish Monk of the 5th and 6th century reminds us how the Celtic Christians practiced pilgrimage in…

  • In Touch with Your Creator

    Even as a sick woman touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and found healing and a new life, we can get in touch with our Creator. Prayer beads, a Bible clasped in hands or even a posture of prayer can help us as we seek God’s presence and peace of mind.

  • Peace in a Pandemic

    After hoards hunted empty shelves for bulk packages of paper products, this one paper product guarantees peace of mind and never runs out of supply – the Bible.

  • Ultramodern Church: Space for Worship

    Contemporary services gravitate to 1990’s Jesus light rock, decibel metered sound and Walmart clad clergy. Worship leaders interpret “improve the service” as sing a tenth chorus while adding a dozen more projection slides. So holds true Jesus teaching, “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes…

  • God’s Continuity Plan – Ephesians Session 2

    Today on Christians Need to Know. Session 2 on Ephesians: Let’s walk together in unity so we can work together as the body of Christ. Does God really call us to build monstrous public venues destined to become the next “Lost City of Z”? Through the Apostle Paul, God shows us the continuity plan for…

  • Teaching for Testing

    If we follow “teaching for testing” to its outcome, we discover in China what all those loss of privacy warnings meant … Engagement monitoring by AI. Real time student brainwave engagement. Cashless society through facial recognition. AI is one jump away from linking human minds into a single consciousness… Coming to a cubicle near you….

  • Church in Place: A response to the coronavirus

    The church in the US is built on a “come and pray” model. With the outbreak of the coronavirus and the aging of the US church population, Pastor Jim discusses the need to build a “Church in Place: Stay and Pray” model that allows church members to stay active in the local church ministry during…

  • The Malaise of PTO Days

    Those who think the US workplace is safe from coronavirus have never sat across the cubicle from a flu stricken coworker out of PTO days. During my years of cubicle exile, my desk has been a magnet to attract loud talkers, big sneezers and “Boy am I sick, but I used all my PTO going…