Devotionals
Walt Alexander’s series of devotional essays
Leaving Las Vegas (Angel Eyes)
The theme song for the 1995 movie (one my favorite) Leaving Las Vegas was a song by Sting entitled, Angel Eyes. The first line of the song is “Have you ever had the feeling that the world has gone and left you behind…?”. It is very easy for people to
Forgiveness, Its Not Just for Breakfast, Anymore
(2018) This past 9/11 was on a Tuesday morning and the actual 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001 was on a Tuesday morning, as well. Also, this past Patriot’s day I found myself in a class right next to a Muslim man who just got back from a trip to Morocco
A Human Doing vs. A Human Listening
Man, getting older is not a happy thing. My prescriptions for my contact lenses keeps getting stronger, my sense of taste and touch are getting less sensitive, and I am my hearing, it is not what it used to be. I definitely find myself saying, “What? What?” more often when
Being Willy Loman
WILLY: What’s the mystery? The man knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into a jungle, and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and he’s rich! The world is an oyster, but you don’t crack it open on a mattress! (Death of a Salesman Act 1)
Is This the End?
With all these developments in Afghanistan, the last two weeks have been very frightening. It seems to be getting worse and worse everyday. I had a conversation with a family member about all of this. I told her that I think that all of this is God’s punishment for Democrats
Radical: The Keith Green Story
Keith Green was a man who was born in 1953 and since an early age, wanted to know God. He was born to a Jewish family but investigated various religions. He met and married his future wife Melody, another Jewish person who was searching for God. Melody was working at
This Old House
Though my home maintenance skills are largely laughable, I do enjoy the This Old House program and watch it to understand what carpenters and electricians, etc… are doing and how they do what they do. I also watch it to get ideas of things I might be able to do
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.Shine on you crazy diamond.Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.Shine on you crazy diamond.You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,Blown on the steel breeze.Come on you target for faraway laughter,Come on
The Uber Conversation
We took an Uber from our hotel in Virginia Beach to the airport and I entered into am interesting conversation with the driver. She was telling us about how when she was a teenager, her mother brought her to Jerusalem. Very easily from there, we got into a discussion regarding
The Late, Great Planet Earth
Growing up and going to various Christian youth groups, I always heard one common theme that made me scoff. The leader would get up in front and say something to the extent of, ‘What if someone from the government came to your high school and ordered all the Christians to