the daily reflection 11-29-19

How sin sees itself. 1 Corinthians 13:12 We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as……

the daily wishbone 11-28-19

The donkey and Death stared at each other wondering what the other was doing in Italy. 2 Kings 13:20-21 20-21 Then Elisha died and they buried him. Some time later, raiding bands of Moabites, as they often did, invaded the country. One day, some men were burying a man and spotted the raiders. They threw the……

the daily leer 11-27-19

dead, alive or hiding in electrons, richard burton finds a way to scope out the dames Habakkuk 1:5-11 “Look around at the godless nations.     Look long and hard. Brace yourself for a shock. Something’s about to take place     and you’re going to find it hard to believe. I’m about to raise up Babylonians to punish……

the daily galosh 11-26-19

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. Eric Hoffer Jeremiah 9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth… One danger of secret sin is that a man cannot commit it without being by……

the daily purge 11-25-19

The world is filled with mystery books. Mysteries about murders, robberies, criminal shenanigans and dirty dealings in the business, medical and oil fracking worlds. My Sweet Rib has read many mystery books, this one included. What’s it about? Read what the book’s blurb says: Still mourning the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak……

the daily bible lesson 11-22-19

Adam and Eve At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground—God hadn’t yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)—God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into……

the daily purge 11-21-19

My Sweet Rib has only two eyes – a right one and the other one yet she has multiple pairs of reading glasses. She has enough reading glasses to open a CVS just down the street from our local CVS. CVS seems to have a reading glasses spinner rack every few aisles which is astounding……

the daily photon torpedo 11-20-19

Following its five year mission, Starship Enterprise was decommissioned from service. It was later re-assigned to the Starfleet Academy commissary. “In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death…..even vegetarians.” – Spock “The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.” – Dr ‘Bones’ McCoy “Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting, it……

the daily purge 11-19-19

Here is a popular book people have been buying since 1992. The Purging Lutheran picked this up sometime in ‘two-thousand-and-clackity-clack’. My Sweet Rib and I read it (skimmed through it) to find the astonishing answers of who we really were, or are, or what we want to be. These are the options laid out by……

the view from the (holy cross) pew 11-16-19

Saturday 5:30 service, Pastor Perrymam presiding The hymns we sang were these: ”Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending” ”Open Our Eyes, Lord” ”O, Jesus, I Have Promise” ”Give Thanks” ”Soon and Very Soon” – this hymn was fun to sing. It reminds me of the type of hymn you hear in western films sung in……

the daily pickle 11-15-19

What with the holidays approaching and families gathering, let’s do our best to leave our political-religious-scientific beliefs at the doorstep. Enjoy your turducken, tofu taters, greenus-beanus, and any peculiar recipe your red-haired aunt serves. The last thing any tribal assembly needs is a serving of k-nuckle sandwiches. Love your brother and mother and sister and……

the daily dragonfly 11-14-19

“It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.” ― G.K. Chesterton ******************** “This is the way of air travel: fellow passengers applaud because they didn’t……

the daily purge 11-13-19

Spoiler warning: The Purging Lutheran spoils everything. I haven’t read this book, which was released in 19-aught-86, but My Sweet Rib read it recently. It’s give-or-take a billion pages filled with details which could never make it into the film (unless you enjoy billion-minute films). It’s common knowledge that films of books tend to stray……

the daily purge 11-12-19

OK, back to work. How am The Purging Lutheran going to rid my home of books, jewelry, spic’n’spacs and other such so’n’sos? Not until they’ve been photodocumented, written up and sent on their ways. That’s how. One at a time, one day at a time. “The tedious never die; that’s what makes them tedious.” ―……

the view from the (both latvian and english speaking) pew 11-10-19

English and Latvian language service. Macitajs Lazdins presiding; Karlis, organist. Attendance – 11 Please pray for … George K., Marty D., Aija, Pete R., and those missing from Sunday’s service. Before service began, Macitajs told us our service would be ‘unique’. My reaction was he was going to announce the suspension of English language services. As……

the daily mews 11-8-19

  No.*   “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” ― Robert A. Heinlein   “Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.” ― Garrison Keillor   “Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves……

the daily regret 11-7-19

There will be a last time you will say, “I love you.” There will be a last time you will hold her hand, There will be a last time you will smile at him. Their lives are our lives. Time we waste on ourselves is time we steal from them. Make that phone call. Have……

the daily grump 11-6-19

The Purging Lutheran is grumpy. My Sweet Rib went through her Christian-themed books to give away (in this case to a Bible book store) and this is one of them. It contains many examples of the Gospel which can be found in modern movies. Well, OK, this book is about 15 years old so you’d……

the daily purge 11-5-19

Ah, yes, pyramids. When The Purging Lutheran was a wee bęrn I became aware of ‘pyramid power’. Pyramids were thought to be receiving antennas of messages sent by ancient civilizations based in galaxies gazillions of light years away. One other-worldly outlander group, ‘The Pepsi Generation’*, downloaded instructions through Egyptian pyramids for us to build the……

the view from the (holy cross) pew 11-2-19

Saturday service, Pastor McClean We sang the following songs: “Awesome God”, “Open Our Eyes, Lord”, “Brothers and Sisters in Christ”, “More Precious Than Silver” and we finished with “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”. This last song is also known as ‘the doxology’. Among Christian traditions a doxology is typically an expression of praise……

the daily pork 11-1-19

The author of Know Your Groceries is named Frederick Blaine Humphrey. He was born in New York ~1876 and died in California, 1952. ‘Humphrey’ is not a common surname. Please do not mistake him for Minnesotan politician, Hubert Horatio Humphrey. It’s an easy-to-make error. Another easy doink! is to mistake Frederick Blaine Humphrey for professional typesetter, Hubert Blaine……