Scrambled Eggs & Corn Flakes

Billy Joel is another one of my favorite musical acts. Love a ton of the music he has put out over the years. Never seen him in concert before but hoping to. He is coming to Progressive Field this summer but I was unable to secure tickets (still hoping though). There are many songs of his which I enjoy. My favorites include "Pressure", "Longest Time", "Tell Her About It", and "It's Still Rock n Roll to Me" I believe his album Glass Houses was the first cassette tape I ever owned. (If you don't know what a cassette tape is - you'll need to google it - also means I am old) Now, Billy's music is not worship music and I don't exactly know what his faith is. He's not doing worship songs and they just happen to hit the Top 40. Yet, as I have said in the past, God sometimes speaks to me with words, images, and music to drive home a point. A song or lyric can make me contemplate some greater truth that God reveals. That's wh...

"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him" John 3:17. Condemn: To say in a strong and definitive way that someone or something is bad or wrong; to give (someone) a unusually severe punishment; to cause (someone) to suffer or live in difficult or unpleasant conditions. Many people can quote the prior verse John 3:16. You see people holding signs with it written at sporting events. It is probably the most recited and memorized verse in the Bible. Even those who don't read the Bible at all seem to know that verse. But, I am not going to talk about that verse today. I don't know if I can add anything new or revealing about it (maybe someday). I am going to touch on the next verse and talk about it for a little bit. One that lives in the shadow of John 3:16. To be honest, God wanted me to talk about this verse. It links rather well to the previous verse where it states that God so loved the world that He gave ...

Dear Friends, Can I borrow your bibles? No, I mean, seriously I would like to read what you are reading. I have been confused for some time regarding the rhetoric I hear from conservatives on TV and Facebook. There are things that I hear that make me question if I am reading from the same Scriptures. Maybe, I am reading from the wrong Bible? Some of the things I read and hear from Christians seem to fly in the face of Jesus' teachings. The way we treat others whose lifestyles or religion we disagree with, the venom we use, our ideas of "persecution", and Christianity in America. I am just confused. Why does it seem that those who call themselves Christians seem the most angry, paranoid and bitter? And, don't get me started on the raving hypocrisy. The election of 2016 and its aftermath proved that to me. Where is all this coming from? Are we following Jesus or are we making Him follow us? Where is the love? Where is the grace? Where is mercy? Hell, where is listen...

1. I've been gone for a few weeks - Have you missed me? 2. Funny, we celebrate Halloween, move on to Christmas, and forget about Thanksgiving. Not as much celebrating in giving thanks. 3. Thanksgiving is the day before Black Friday if that helps. 4. Nope, not going to discuss politics today. 5. Ok, I'm a little hypocritical. I will say I enjoyed hearing Christmas music on my Sirius XM starting November 1st. 6. The comic book collection now numbers past 20,000 for those of you keeping score. 7. The Bo Jackson tecmo bowl commercials (for Kia) are pretty darn funny and make me feel old. 8. Sometimes, I fall into the trap of feeling that if I fail at something that I am curtailing God's plans for me and those around me. That I am somehow hindering God's plans. 9. My childhood took a huge beating in 2015 and 2016. Carrie Fisher, George Michael, Alan Rickman, Muhammad Ali, Gene Wilder, and Prince in 2016. Here's hoping 2017 leaves my childhood alone. 10. We migh...

Scrambled Eggs and Corn Flakes? I don't consider myself an excellent writer or that much of a speaker. When I speak to someone, I am very nervous that I will ramble on or not give the other party a chance to speak. I am a person who prefers to stay quiet and let others approach me if they are interested. Rarely, if ever, will I make the first move in a situation. It is true that I warm up quickly once I get to know you, but it's that initial encounter that leaves me nervous. It's one of the reasons I became an accountant. We plug along happy doing our work with minimal contact with others. Truth be told, at my current job, I can go several days in a row and have no interaction my boss. I joke that I can just skip a day of work and no one would notice (I haven't tested that theory yet). This is not to say I have a terrible job. They trust me with minimal supervision to get the job done. I have yet to prove them wrong and I do well in this kind of situation. With that...