the daily purge 11-23-16

This is what happens to a cooking strainer when making full contact chili. Proverbs 12:27   A lazy man does not roast his prey, But the precious possession of a man is diligence.

the daily purge 11-22-16

My Sweet Rib used this to carry her work computer around in. Then one day she noticed a tear in the fabric where the computer rested the heaviest. Was it a simple case of Newton’s Second Law of Thermodynamics which states “… that the total entropy of an isolated system always increases over time, or……

the daily purge 11-21-16

After last week, it feels tough to purge but it’s been a major part of my therapy the last several years. I purged on tumblr for two or three years before I moved over to WordPress this year. Purging forces me to focus on one item for about an hour. It displaces the thorn in……

but always, victory in Christ

Now we reach the end of this week. The visitation is this evening, the funeral tomorrow morning, the burial later. I believe when Paul says that it is better to be out of the body and with Jesus. That is the joy of being a Christian but I am still heartbroken that they have died……

casting bread

It’s only known in Heaven how many persons are grieving this accident. Sons and daughters, wives and fathers, friends, church members, friends of the police force, and all the unknowns affected by Norman, Selma, and Johnathan through their years combined. Think of the number of humans you come into contact with over a day or……

Johnathan

I have spent the last few days trying to think of a tribute for Pastor Elling and Selma. That’s just dumb on my part. What better tribute can they have than to stand before Jesus and be told the following… Matthew 25:23 – “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been……

Norman & Selma

Psalm 130:1-8 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. I wait for the……

the daily purge 11-14-16

Today The Purging Lutheran is purging a digital watch. It has been in the basement for many years. I think. Did My Marta bring it home from Muncie for helping others? Did The Lad find it in a military trash can in Omaha? We may never know the answer. Neither of them read this column……

the view from the pew 11-12-16

Rumors swirl that our sound-man, Brad, has been abducted by aliens which might be why he was missing last Saturday. And by aliens, I don’t mean from other planets or dimensions since we have no proof they exist but I mean ‘time aliens’, people from the past or the future who swoop in on us,……

the daily purge 11-11-16

Yarks! It’s a fountain! But not a Pete Fountain, Dixieland musician who is clarineting in the afterworld, hopefully in Heaven. Neither is it a fountain pen, used mostly by stuffy-minded calligraphers to impress the dames. Is it a drinking fountain? It is not meant to be but The Purging Lutheran’s many cats use it as……