Ponderings

My time in Proverbs may, for now, be coming to an end. If you’ve followed this week, I’ve been reading Proverbs, looking for verses that sound good but don’t hold up to the truth as we know it … at least not on the surface.

I’m still randomly reading in Proverbs, looking for ones that seemingly challenge the truth of what we experience in our lives, and this morning paused at this one: A gentle answer turns away wrath.” (Proverbs 15:1). Few things escalate more quickly than words. A harsh

“The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry…” (Proverbs 10:3). I came across this verse this morning, and pondered … It’s one of those verses that’s easy to read, and I certainly understand the words. But is it true? I could jump to Romans,

I’m still randomly reading in Proverbs this morning, looking for pithy sayings that, on the surface, don’t make sense. Psalm 16:3 talks about the plans we make for our lives. Often, our plans are personal. If we share them at all, it’s only with those

We seem to live in a world that likes absolutes. We prefer black and white to shades of gray. It’s easier to be “pro” this or “anti” that than to admit we have a divided opinion on a topic. This train of thought came to

As we come to the end of this week’s Ponderings, there are still a few shows left from last Sunday’s random classic TV watching. I really couldn’t come up with anything even mildly profound from Gomer Pyle. But there were a couple of episodes of

Of all the shows I listened to on Sunday, the one that I, at least at one time, liked the best was Star Trek. The original one caught my imagination in reruns in the 1970s when the Apollo program was in full swing, including the

If you’ve been reading these meditations for a while, you know that once I grab onto a theme, I continue it until its “logical” conclusion. When this week started, I opened by mentioning that while I was working on church “stuff” on Sunday afternoon/evening, I

In yesterday’s meditation, I mentioned that as I worked on Sunday afternoon, I watched old “classic” television shows. Andy Griffith was one. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was another. I admit to not being a fan of the MTM Show when it came out, probably