by Jeremy | Feb 22, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
I look back fondly on my time as a pirate. It was a long time ago when I took up the life of a fearsome buccaneer. I was seven years old, I think, and my time of employment in the profession only lasted a couple of hours, but I still remember it with warm memories. I...
by Jeremy | Feb 14, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
I wonder how long David hated himself for what he did to Uriah. I wonder how long it took for him to be able to look at Bathsheba without thinking immediately of the man whose death he ordered and the child God took from him in response. We don’t know. The Bible...
by Jeremy | Feb 7, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion. (Proverbs 28:1) The trumpets sounded. The harps and flutes and voices quickly joined in as the royal musicians of the world’s most powerful nation struck up a symphony to send a single...
by Jeremy | Jan 31, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
There’s a melancholy feeling I get whenever I look at an abandoned house. To some people, it’s just an eyesore. I see the former home of a million forgotten stories. How many little eyes peeped with wonder through window panes now lying shattered on the...
by Jeremy | Jan 24, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
The year was 1933. In the United States of America, the Great Depression had reached its peak. What remained of the fragile economy was fading quickly, and all attempts to stem the bleeding had failed. The public had lost faith in President Hoover and instead turned...
