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Reflections on Fall

My childhood memories of fall are filled with pleasant thoughts…unpacking warmer clothes, fall revival at church, youth group hay rides, hot cocoa on crisp fall nights, harvest moons, campfires.   I love fall.   Fall is letting go, and accepting the impermanence of things. The autumn of life is a strange mixture of nostalgia, blessings, and potential. It yields the harvest of seeds we’ve sown throughout life and braces us for colder days to come.   When life’s autumn arrives, we look back and better understand the way God led us; but we still have work to do—the best and fullest. It’s a good transition time. “Autumn” only occurs once in the Bible . In Jude 1:12 , false teachers are compared to “autumn trees without fruit,” implying that autumn should be a fruitful season, the most abundant of the year. How can we take advantage of the “autumn of life”?   We can use this to time to reflect on not so much what God has done for us but on what we have done for G...

Use a little wisdom

There sure is a lot of discord over NFL football players kneeling during the national anthem, shame on them.   And now, Midland students plan to do the same thing at the Midland Dow football game.   For whatever reason they are choosing to do this, a major public event is not the time nor the place.   Students say they are not doing this to disrespect the flag but to show their opposition to racial oppression – find another way to do this kids!   Standing for the national anthem is simply good manners.   You can preach a better way of life by how you live your life than what comes from your lips.   However, next time you’re on your knees ask God for wisdom.   Perhaps, the only way to settle a disagreement is on the basis of what’s right—not who’s right.  October 15, 2017