I have never raised a child, and I’m pretty sure I never will. But my heart aches today as if my only child was killed before my very eyes. Hamzat Alexandrov was born April 17, 1998, God knows where in Europe. It could have been Russia, it could have been in some nearby country. His […]
I had an interesting conversation yesterday with some associates on the topic of guns in Utah. In our small group, I was a bit surprised to hear 2 of them admit to having a concealed weapon permit. But maybe I should not have been too surprised, for as I understand it in the State of […]
Not quite 2 months ago in my blog article entitled, “The Last Third,” I talked about the brevity of life. I suggested that it is sobering to think that at the age of 48, two-thirds of my life is already behind me … and only if statistics hold true and I live to be about […]
Do you consider envy a friend or foe? The choice is yours. Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines envy as: Painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/envy) Envy is your foe when you let “painful or resentful awareness” paralyze you. Instead of making changes […]
God is sovereign, Over the whole earth and the heavens above, And we yield to His will in the Kingdom within us. God is just, He is always fair and can always be trusted, We stake our lives on the justice of God in the Kingdom within us. God is everywhere, There is nowhere to […]