"Beautiful Exile" by Carl Rollyson is a biography of legendary author and journalist Martha Gellhorn. Gellhorn wrote novels, travel and other books but is primarily remembered for her wartime reporting and reporting on various human rights abuses. Being one of the first and most widely read female war correspondents, her reporting spanned the Depression, the… Continue reading Beautiful Exile
Enemy of the People
Imagine there was an extremely large, influential, knowledgeable and invasive organization that operated to manipulate, control, and sway public opinion, speech, and behavior. Assume further that this biased self-serving organization collaborated with other similar massive entities in order to build a knowledge base of as much information as they possibly could on everyone in the… Continue reading Enemy of the People
God’s Way
I once heard a minister who taught that God responds to prayer, which is scriptural. However, he extended it much further, such that we have been granted great authority through prayer to change the world or refuse to pray and allow the enemy to prevail. I don't want to get into an argument about doctrine… Continue reading God’s Way
Finding Dorothy
"Finding Dorothy" by Elizabeth Letts is a historical novel primarily about the life of Maude Gauge Baum, the wife of L. Frank Baum who wrote the original Wizard of Oz books. The book bounces back and forth between her early life and the 1939 making of "The Wizard of Oz" movie in Hollywood where she… Continue reading Finding Dorothy
Next Order For Biden
This will sound like conspiracy theory, but proof is in the future. The sitting President has been busy reforming the policies that President Trump demolished during his presidency. Even now we see the propaganda media machine laying a groundwork for permanent Democrat control, just as Putin is doing in Russia. Making DC a state, passing… Continue reading Next Order For Biden
Prayer Service Followup
In our post, "Spiritual Service", I announced and outlined an ongoing prayer initiative. Very briefly I explained how important prayer and you, the followers of this blog, are in the Kingdom of God. Principally we are praying for you, but scripture teaches we all are part of a Royal Priesthood.(1 Pet. 2:5, 9) My vision… Continue reading Prayer Service Followup
Kingfish
"Kingfish" is a biography of Huey Long written by Richard White. Long was a Louisiana Democrat governor and later U.S. senator and controlled virtually every aspect of the state government from 1929 until he was shot to death in 1935 at age 42. This was true even though he held no state office after 1932… Continue reading Kingfish
The Broken Spoke
Many things are wrong in America, besides a Government Office obtained through fraud, distortions regarding a pandemic, riots, division, immorality, abortion, drug addiction, broken families and political corruption. The overarching issue and underlying problem is the absence of justice. The rule of law no longer functions. "So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at… Continue reading The Broken Spoke
Spiritual Service
When I consider a lifetime of Spiritual exercise what stands out is prayer, intercession, and supplication. As a child some of my earliest memories are prayer conversations with God. That conversation never stopped, but it changed and grew in faith and knowledge. Anything that was accomplished was God's grace and was effected in conjunction with… Continue reading Spiritual Service
Enter Heaven’s Realm
There will be a time in everyone's existence where all the shadows are illuminated, revealing a startling reality, a shuddering awareness as we enter the realm of everlasting day. The presence of God will fill all with glory, perceived in awe, fear and wonder. Everyone will encounter their Creator, Father God, to give an account and… Continue reading Enter Heaven’s Realm
A Dire Emergency
In this situation everyone is tested and I can't say how I might respond, but the Word and Spirit give insight into a distinction between the natural and Spiritual. The actions of the Spirit are not subject to reason or natural responses. We've witnessed this from hero's who consistently affirm no credit for their deeds.… Continue reading A Dire Emergency
The Covenant of Marriage
"You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. But you say, 'Why does he not?' Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is… Continue reading The Covenant of Marriage
Needs and Timing
Does God care about individuals? We in America are so individualistic, such a question is paramount. In other societies, individuals may ask such questions, but their reality overcomes their hope. For example, in the Third World getting enough food for each day is a priority over self-actualization. Some of you may know Maslow’s hierarchy of… Continue reading Needs and Timing
Defiant Joy
"Defiant Joy" is a biography of G. K. Chesterton by Kevin Belmonte. Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic that wrote primarily in the early 1900s. Blessed with a sharp wit, he created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, a very popular series in its time, wrote the definite biography… Continue reading Defiant Joy
God’s Prophetic Word to Israel
The Lord started something in 1948, reuniting Israel as a nation in the land He had given their forefathers. However, He is not through and will fill Israel completely. "Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you. Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come… Continue reading God’s Prophetic Word to Israel
Mint Condition
Back when I was a boy I fondly remember coming home in the early summer evenings after playing some sandlot baseball and hoping Mom would bring me a couple of packs of baseball cards from her weekly trip to the grocery store. I loved Major League Baseball and, in the day when few games were… Continue reading Mint Condition
God in the Small Things
We needed to pour some concrete, quite a bit of it. We found a concrete contractor who began in a few days. I thought it good business to pay as we went and he was willing for me to pay the supplier directly for the cement. I assumed I could pay by check, but as… Continue reading God in the Small Things
Heaven Lost
Heaven is described in the Bible and most everyone would like to go to heaven. The Eastern religions do not describe a delightful heaven, but rather, depict an absence of earth's pain or a nirvana of nothingness after an endless cycle of reincarnation. Islam promises seventy virgins to martyr's in Allah's jihad, which sounds rather… Continue reading Heaven Lost
Actions and Consequences
The American dream once was owning your own home, but from the founding it was living in liberty with responsibility. The idea of owning your own home in early years was not a dream, but a common occurrence and necessity of wealth accumulation. Of course, those farm houses and cabins were not what we have… Continue reading Actions and Consequences
Approval Ratings
Richard Nixon resigned office because his approval rating among the American people became too low for him to continue in the face of Congressional Investigations connected with Watergate. Years later, the press made so many unanswered accusations against George W. Bush, that his approval rating plunged to historic lows as he left office. These two… Continue reading Approval Ratings
Major League Woke
Recently, Major League Baseball decided to move the 2021 All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver as a protest against the new Georgia voting laws. Commissioner Rob Manfred maintained that "the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's All-Star Game" thereby showing MLB's values to be out of step… Continue reading Major League Woke
Magazine Issue 3
Transformation by the Spirit A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other… Continue reading Magazine Issue 3
Israel’s Land
There have been and remain disputes over the land of Israel, but not based on fact. Israeli history is well documented in the Bible. It begins with Abraham and his purchase of land upon which he and his descendant’s lived. During Jacob's lifetime there was a famine in the whole region that required Israel to… Continue reading Israel’s Land
The Greatest Mystery
There are many mysteries in this world. There are wonders in the world that hold secrets of their ancient construction. The mystery of the world's shape was hidden until Magellan proved it in 1522, though Pythagoras asserted it in 500 BC. Many of the wonders of the ancient world were related to pagan gods and… Continue reading The Greatest Mystery
Women in the Church
"Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor." I Timothy 2 :11-14 "As in… Continue reading Women in the Church
