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What do You Want?

Now, thinking about Christmas Day, did you get what you wanted? Did you want what you got? That key word, “want,” a noun and a verb, originates from Old English. Merriam-Webster.com defines the noun form as “deficiency, lack;” “grave and extreme poverty” that deprives one of life’s necessities. The verb form means “to be needy or destitute;Continue reading “What do You Want?”

Hope

Liberals and progressives hope Hillary Clinton will win the presidency on Tuesday, November 8, that Democrats will take back the House and Senate and that Obama’s legacy will live on. Conservatives and some Republicans hope Donald Trump will win, that Republicans will keep hold of the House and Senate, thereby as they believe, overcoming theContinue reading “Hope”

Does God even know that I exist?

Read these words from Psalms 139:13-18 (Living Bible), and decide for yourself! You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body, and knit them together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! It is amazing to think about. Your workmanship is marvelous–and how well I know it. You were thereContinue reading “Does God even know that I exist?”

Grace, Mercy and Peace…

“…to each of you, through God, the Father and Jesus Christ, his Son our Lord. Amen.” So begins every Sunday morning (and Monday evening) Divine Service at Faith Lutheran Church in Warsaw, Mo. Grace is unearned, undeserved favor, and requires only faith in the Savior. The merit system of the law no longer applies toContinue reading “Grace, Mercy and Peace…”

Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, but Life is not Guaranteed

The Hyde Amendment, in effect with bipartisan support since 1976, prohibits payments for abortions from federal funds, specifically, from Medicaid. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants it repealed, if she is elected. The 2016 Democratic Platform states in part, on page 37: We believe unequivocally, like the majority of Americans, that every woman should haveContinue reading “Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, but Life is not Guaranteed”