Tag Archives: Jonah

For those of us who are old enough, you may recall John Denver’s ballad from 1986, ‘Some Days are Diamonds’. The words keep circulating in my head, ‘some days are diamonds, some days are stone, some times the hard times won’t leave me alone.’ We’ve all had those days, some ...

It is being called the “Great American Eclipse of 2024.” On April 8, 2024 there will be a solar eclipse moving from the south to the northeast across America. Seven years ago in 2o17 there was another solar eclipse seen moving across the U.S. from the north to the southeast. ...

An old cemetery sits in the middle of the city today, but it was once a rural setting where families in grief could spend an afternoon at the graveside of a lost loved-one. The section set aside for babies and small children was dotted with blankets on Sunday afternoons as ...

One of the realizations we all embrace at some point is that pain is going to happen. Sometimes we know the hurt is coming and other times it hits us suddenly. It’s okay though, because pain serves many useful purposes. So I’m going to talk about what pain is, why ...

The word of the Lord came to Jonah, and said, “to Nineveh you must go”, Jonah tried to sneak away, not even bothering to tell God, “No!” He climbed into a boat in Joppa, and tried to flee to Tarshish, Little did he know that God was about to make ...