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If you asked residents and vacationers along the U.S. east coast last week if they were calm as hurricane Dorian approached, they might have laughed in your face or cried. It would have been hard to be calm with forecasts of the Category 5 storm approaching your home and community.
Much like staring at a car accident as I drive past, I find myself checking the newsfeed on my computer every morning. I am fully aware that most of what I see will be bad or discouraging news. Yet, here I sit scrolling through the headlines.
After our drop-in class where we talked about indifference shown by Christians, a class member came up to me and said the topic had hit a cord with him. He said with a smile his philosophy had always been, “why do today what can be put off until tomorrow.”
The word “stuff” has many meanings, but here I’m talking about things. What’s the stuff of your dreams? Are you a collector of things or do you long for things you can’t afford? The desire for stuff can drive you to work harder, but it can leave you depressed when you dwell on what you don’t have.
The expert in Hebrew law asked Jesus about the rule of loving your neighbor. Jesus told him the story of the good Samaritan. The expert knew the rule and understood the story, but still he asked for clarification on who was his neighbor? It seems to me he was looking for a definition he could live with. Maybe he really wanted to know who not to love.
School is officially underway in our area. The start dates of local counties were staggered, but now everyone is back. For our family it’s the start of kindergarten for the oldest grandchild. An important milestone, but in her brief 5 ½ years there have already been many beginnings.
