This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” My daughter and I were walking through the terminal to our gate and I was thinking, as I always do, that perhaps I needed a snack. I suddenly stopped, looked up and around and asked, “What airport are we in?” Every airport […]
Acrostic Contemplations
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This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” See “discernment.” Vocation is, etymologically speaking, one’s calling. The term comes from the Latin vocatio, a “call” or “summons,” and has been used in Christianity for centuries to describe one discerning their call from God towards a particular way of life, in religious […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” Walk in love, as Christ loved us, and gave himself an offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians chapter 5, verse 2, is a sentence often recited at the offertory. (Offertory is not, as some think, the collection of money in a worship […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” Xenophilia is the “is the love for, attraction to, or appreciation of foreign people, manners, customs, or cultures.” I have more than a bit of xenophilia in me; I enjoy learning other languages, traveling, and experiencing other cultures. Indeed, much of what […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” YHWH – See J – Jahwe Youth is wasted on the young. That’s the saying, anyway. The assumption is that the young do not know yet how carefree and joyful that time of life is, so they cannot appreciate it fully. It seems […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” Zeal is an older term that largely survives in modern English only in reference to a zealot; hardly a term one would want ascribed to themselves. The related term “jealous” is equally pejorative. Yet within the Bible we find that the term “zeal” […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” Originally posted on January 1, 2024, this entry is the beginning of the second round of Acrostic Contemplations. “Time does not exist.” “Time is a human construct.” “Latest theories of physics eliminate time entirely.” These are all statements often found around the […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” “Bless your heart!” It is a phrase heard often in the Southern United States. Often said with great sincerity, often an older person expressing genuine sympathy, it can also cut against the grain, suggesting mockery or condescension. As the site “It’s a […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” Rather than the love of money, it is perhaps the lack of contentment, the ability to be satisfied with what one has, that is the root of most evils. Why else do we yearn for more money than because we are unsatisfied […]
This is an entry in the “Acrostic Contemplations.” See “Nunc Dimittis” “…He will swallow up death forever.” Isa. 25:8a We do not like to talk about death. Never have. Any of us. Which is not to say we don’t talk about death, we can’t avoid it. And there are some, […]