Weekend Vital Signs Activities…And So On

It was certainly a significant weekend for Claire and I and things seem to have started in the same spirit to begin this week. Thank You, Lord.  Saturday’s activities involved sermon preparations, shopping, and preparing salad, a rich and spicy bean and vegetable stew, and several desserts for our dinner guests Saturday night — Kamal…

Let Vital Signs Help Inspire Your Holidays

Remember Andy Williams singing “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?” Well, with Thanksgiving and Christmas rapidly approaching  — and with the election results turning out the way they did — we can join Mr. Williams in those sentiments with even greater gratitude and joy this season. And to help inform, inspire, and elevate…

A Thanksgiving Present

Sure, it is always the season of thanksgiving for the Christian (Psalm 95:2, Psalm 100:4, 2 Corinthians 9:11-15, Philippians 4:6 and so on), but it is also of great importance for American Christians to cherish the foundations of their national holiday. Indeed, we should be intensifying our efforts to pass on to the next generations…

The Election is Over. What’s YOUR Next Step?

Here’s an idea for you. Copy the picture above (or some creation of your own) and print it off to make “congratulation cards” to the conservatives you supported in Tuesday’s elections. On the inside (or simply the back side if you go with a postcard format), tell them four things on which you want them…

The Top 5 (November 9)

* “After the Sigh of Relief: 7 Post-Election Observations” (Denny Hartford, Vital Signs Blog) From the article — This brief review includes comments on why Donald Trump won, why Kamala Harris failed, why 434 was an effective strategy against the pro-abortion industry’s desires to capture our state, 434 also overcoming the strange attacks from a collection of…

A New Bible Interaction Approach

Yesterday not only marked our marriage anniversary, it also marked the completion of a year’s worth of very valuable interaction with Tim Tebow’s Mission Possible One-Year Devotional. It has been a very helpful resource. Claire and I are regular donors to the Tim Tebow Foundation; we pray for them at least once a week; and we were…

“After the Sigh of Relief: 7 Post-Election Observations”

(This brief review includes comments on why Donald Trump won, why Kamala Harris failed, why 434 was an effective strategy against the pro-abortion industry’s desires to capture our state, 434 also overcoming the strange attacks from a collection of contrarian, abolitionist pro-life people, and what this all means for an American Christian’s answer to the question, “And so…

It’s An Anniversary Day!

Claire and I are celebrating our 53rd wedding anniversary today. Well, true enough, ours wasn’t the traditional wedding service. For instead of a church and a minister, we had the Council Bluffs courthouse and a judge. And instead of a service featuring candles, flowers, and lovely music, ours featured something quite unusual; namely, an interruption…

The Top 5 (November 2)

* “This Race Is Close Only Because the Public Education Indoctrination Mill Has Succeeded” (Stephen Kruiser, PJ Media) From the article — The United States of America should not be on the precipice that it is now, with freedom-loving citizens terrified of being tossed into the abyss by this election. In a sane world, Kamala Harris wouldn’t…

A Quick Branson Recap

Well, we say goodbye to our annual 2-week working vacation this morning as we leave Branson, Missouri for the drive back home. Along the way will be conversation, prayers, a few old Jack Benny radio programs, and listening to the final chapters of Anna Sewell’s classic, Black Beauty. It has been a very good getaway…

But be doers of the word,
and not hearers only.